Criniger
Genus of birds
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Criniger Temminck, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Criniger barbatus (Western bearded greenbul) Temminck, 1821 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy
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]
Species
The genus contains five species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Western bearded greenbul | Criniger barbatus | Guinean Forests of West Africa |
| - | eastern bearded greenbul | Criniger chloronotus | Congolian rainforests |
| - | Red-tailed greenbul | Criniger calurus | African tropical rainforest |
| - | White-bearded greenbul | Criniger ndussumensis | Congolian rainforests |
| - | Yellow-bearded greenbul | Criniger olivaceus | Upper Guinean forests |
Former species
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Criniger:
- Striated bulbul (as Tricophorus striatus or Criniger striatus)[6][7]
- Streak-eared bulbul (as Criniger Conradi)[8]
- Western greenbul (as Trichophorus tephrolaemus)[9]
- Olive-headed greenbul (as Criniger olivaceiceps)[10]
- Golden greenbul (as Criniger serinus)[11]
- Honeyguide greenbul (as Criniger indicator)[12]
- Upper Guinea honeyguide greenbul (as Trichophorus leucurus)[13]
- Yellow-bellied greenbul (as Trichophorus flaviventris)[14]
- Falkenstein's greenbul (as Criniger Falkensteini)[15]
- Simple greenbul (as Trichophorus simplex)[16]
- Yellow-throated leaflove (as Trichophorus flavicollis or Criniger flavicollis)[17]
- Uganda yellow-throated greenbul (as Trichophorus flavigula)[18]
- Northern brownbul (as Criniger strepitans)[19]
- Fischer's greenbul (as Criniger Fischeri)[20]
- Cabanis's greenbul (as Criniger cabanisi)[21]
- Icterine greenbul (as Trichophorus icterinus)[22]
- Red-tailed bristlebill (multicolor) (as Criniger multicolor)[23]
- Green-tailed bristlebill (as Trichophorus eximius)[24]
- Yellow-lored bristlebill (as Trichophorus notatus)[25]
- Grey-headed bristlebill (as Trichophorus canicapillus)[26]
- Finsch's bulbul (as Criniger finschi)[27]
- White-throated bulbul (as Trichophorus flaveolus or Criniger flaveolus)[28]
- White-throated bulbul (burmanicus) (as Criniger burmanicus)[29]
- Puff-throated bulbul (as Criniger pallidus)[30]
- Grey-crowned bulbul (as Criniger griseiceps)[31]
- Puff-throated bulbul (henrici) (as Criniger Henrici)[32]
- Ochraceous bulbul (as Criniger ochraceus)[33]
- Ochraceous bulbul (sordidus) (as Criniger sordidus)[34]
- Ochraceous bulbul (sumatranus) (as Criniger sumatranus)[35]
- Ochraceous bulbul (ruficrissus) (as Criniger ruficrissus)[36]
- Grey-cheeked bulbul (as Criniger bres)[37]
- Grey-cheeked bulbul (tephrogenys) (as Trichophorus tephrogenys)[38]
- Grey-cheeked bulbul (gutturalis) (as Trichophorus gutturalis or Criniger gutturalis)[39]
- Palawan bulbul (as Criniger frater)[40]
- Yellow-bellied bulbul (as Criniger phaeocephalus)[41]
- Yellow-bellied bulbul (diardi) (as Criniger diardi)[42]
- Yellow-bellied bulbul (sulphuratus) (as Trichophorus sulphuratus)[43]
- Yellow-browed bulbul (as Trichophorus indicus)[44]
- Yellow-browed bulbul (icterica) (as Criniger ictericus)[45]
- Hairy-backed bulbul (as Trichophorus minutus)[46]
- Hairy-backed bulbul (sericeus) (as Criniger sericea)[47]
- Grey-eyed bulbul (as Criniger propinquus)[48]
- Charlotte's bulbul (as Criniger charlottae)[49]
- Sulphur-bellied bulbul (as Criniger palawanensis)[50]
- Seram golden bulbul (as Criniger affinis)[51]
- Ambon golden bulbul (as Trichophorus flavicaudus)[52]
- Northern golden bulbul (as Criniger longirostris)[53]
- Sangihe golden bulbul (as Criniger Platenae)[54]
- Togian golden bulbul (as Criniger aureus)[55]
- Halmahera golden bulbul (as Criniger Chloris)[56]
- Buru golden bulbul (as Criniger mystacalis)[57]
- Yellowish bulbul (as Criniger Everetti)[58]
- Sulu bulbul (as Criniger Haynaldi)[59]