Phaenicophilidae

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Hispaniolan tanagers
DR Black-crowned Palm-tanager1.jpg
Black-crowned tanager (Phaenicophilus palmarum)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Superfamily: Emberizoidea
Family: Phaenicophilidae
PL Sclater, 1886
Type genus
Phaenicophilus
Genera

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Phaenicophilidae is a family of passerine birds. It consists of three genera and four species, all endemic to Hispaniola, which have been traditionally been placed in the families Thraupidae (Phaenicophilus) and Parulidae (Xenoligea, Microligea).[1]

Species[]

Image Genus Living species
DR Black-crowned Palm-tanager2.jpg Phaenicophilus Strickland, 1851
White-winged Warbler (Xenoligea montana) (8082795709).jpg Xenoligea Bond, 1967
Green-tailed Warbler(Microligea palustris) (8082776636).jpg Microligea Cory, 1884

References[]

  1. ^ Winkler, David W.; Billerman, Shawn M.; Lovette, Irby J. (2015). "Phaenicophilidae (Hispaniolan tanagers)". Bird families of the world: an invitation to the spectacular diversity of birds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. pp. 545–546. ISBN 9788494189203.
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