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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Criniger is a genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species of Criniger are found in western and central Africa.
Criniger | |
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White-bearded greenbul (above) and yellow-bearded greenbul (below) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Infraorder: | Passerides |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Criniger Temminck, 1820 |
Type species | |
Criniger barbatus (Western bearded greenbul) Temminck, 1821 | |
Synonyms | |
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The genus Criniger was introduced in 1820 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck,[1] the name Criniger is Latin for "long-haired" (from crinis, meaning "hair" and gerere, meaning "to carry").[2] A year later Temminck designated the type species as the western bearded greenbul.[3][4]
The genus contains five species:[5]
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Criniger:
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