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The palmchat (Dulus dominicus) is a small, long-tailed passerine bird, the only species in the genus Dulus and the family Dulidae endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti). It is related to the waxwings, family Bombycillidae.
Genus Sheppardia – akalats (9 species) Genus Cossyphicula – white-bellied robin-chat – may belong in Cossypha; Genus Cossypha – robin-chats (15 species, excluding the white-bellied robin-chat) Genus Cichladusa – palm-thrushes (3 species) Genus Cercotrichas – scrub-robins or bush-chats (10 species) Genus Myophonus, whistling thrushes
The palmchat is the national bird of the Dominican Republic.. The following is a list of the bird species recorded in the Dominican Republic.The avifauna of the Dominican Republic included a total of 327 species as of October 2024, according to Bird Checklists of the World (Avibase). [1]
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
This article lists living orders and families of birds. In total there are about 10,000 species of birds described worldwide, though one estimate of the real number places it at almost twice that. [1] The order passerines (perching birds) alone accounts for well over 5,000 species.
Ashy-faced owl Ashy-faced owl Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix II (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Strigiformes Family: Tytonidae Genus: Tyto Species: T. glaucops Binomial name Tyto glaucops (Kaup, 1852) The ashy-faced owl (Tyto glaucops) is a species of bird in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. It ...
Old World flycatchers is the common name for the avian family Muscicapidae, which also includes the Old World chats.The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 357 species in the family, distributed among five subfamilies and 54 genera.
The family Threskiornithidae includes 36 species of large wading birds. The family has been traditionally classified into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills; however recent genetic studies have cast doubt on this arrangement, and have found the spoonbills to be nested within the Old World ibises, and the New World ibises as an early offshoot.