List of Birds of Hispaniola - Tanagers

Tanagers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Thraupidae

The tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly coloured. They are seed eaters, but their preference tends towards fruit and nectar. Most have short, rounded wings.

  • Black-crowned Palm-Tanager Phaenicophilus palmarum (E)
  • Gray-crowned Palm-Tanager Phaenicophilus poliocephalus (E)
  • Western Chat-Tanager Calyptophilus tertius (E)
  • Eastern Chat-Tanager Calyptophilus frugivorus (E)
  • Hispaniolan Spindalis Spindalis dominicensis (E)

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