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Gray-crowned Palm-tanager

A species of Hispaniolan palm tanagers, Also known as Grey-crowned Tanager
Scientific name : Phaenicophilus poliocephalus Genus : Hispaniolan palm tanagers

Gray-crowned Palm-tanager, A species of Hispaniolan palm tanagers
Also known as:
Grey-crowned Tanager
Botanical name: Phaenicophilus poliocephalus
Genus: Hispaniolan palm tanagers

Description

The grey-crowned tanager or grey-crowned palm-tanager (Phaenicophilus poliocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Phaenicophilidae. It was formerly placed in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
Size
18 cm
Feeding Habits
Gray-crowned Palm-tanager primarily consumes insects and various fruits. It forages actively, gleaning prey from foliage and sometimes capturing them mid-flight. Gray-crowned Palm-tanager exhibits a preference for consuming a diverse array of fruit types, reflecting an opportunistic feeding strategy that maximizes resource availability.
Habitat
Gray-crowned Palm-tanager typically inhabits a diverse array of forested environments across broad geographical regions, adaptable to both lowland and montane moist forests, as well as mangrove ecosystems. These birds are versatile in their habitats, extending to rural garden areas and even thriving within heavily degraded former forests. They show a preference for a range of forest types including scrub, second-growth, and both dry and wet forests, along with pine, broadleaf, and even agro-forestry plots, from the lowlands to the highest forest peaks.
Dite type
Insectivorous

General Info

Distribution Area

P. poliocephalus is common, but local, on the southern peninsula of Haiti, and on the satellite islands of Île-à-Vache, Grande Cayemite and Gonâve Island. In the Dominican Republic, it is rare on the north and south slopes of the Sierra de Bahoruco, and on the southern part of Loma de Toro and Hoyo de Pelempito.
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