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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baeopogon is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
Baeopogon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Infraorder: | Passerides |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Baeopogon Heine, 1860 |
Type species | |
Criniger indicator (Honeyguide greenbul) Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E, 1855 | |
The genus Baeopogon was introduced in 1860 by the German ornithologist Ferdinand Heine with the honeyguide greenbul as the type species.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek baios (βαιός) meaning "small" or "little" with pōgōn meaning "beard".[2]
The genus contains two species:[3]
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