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Criniger

Genus of birds

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Taxonomy

The genus Criniger was introduced in 1820 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck, the name Criniger is Latin for "long-haired" (from crinis, meaning "hair" and gerere, meaning "to carry"). A year later Temminck designated the type species as the western bearded greenbul.

Species

The genus contains five species:

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)
  • Streak-eared bulbul (as Criniger Conradi)
  • Western greenbul (as Trichophorus tephrolaemus)
  • Olive-headed greenbul (as Criniger olivaceiceps)
  • Golden greenbul (as Criniger serinus)
  • Honeyguide greenbul (as Criniger indicator)
  • Upper Guinea honeyguide greenbul (as Trichophorus leucurus)
  • Yellow-bellied greenbul (as Trichophorus flaviventris)
  • Falkenstein's greenbul (as Criniger Falkensteini)
  • Simple greenbul (as Trichophorus simplex)
  • Yellow-throated leaflove (as Trichophorus flavicollis or Criniger flavicollis)
  • Uganda yellow-throated greenbul (as Trichophorus flavigula)
  • Northern brownbul (as Criniger strepitans)
  • Fischer's greenbul (as Criniger Fischeri)
  • Cabanis's greenbul (as Criniger cabanisi)
  • Icterine greenbul (as Trichophorus icterinus)
  • Red-tailed bristlebill (multicolor) (as Criniger multicolor)
  • Green-tailed bristlebill (as Trichophorus eximius)
  • Yellow-lored bristlebill (as Trichophorus notatus)
  • Grey-headed bristlebill (as Trichophorus canicapillus)
  • Finsch's bulbul (as Criniger finschi)
  • White-throated bulbul (as Trichophorus flaveolus or Criniger flaveolus)
  • White-throated bulbul (burmanicus) (as Criniger burmanicus)
  • Puff-throated bulbul (as Criniger pallidus)
  • Grey-crowned bulbul (as Criniger griseiceps)
  • Puff-throated bulbul (henrici) (as Criniger Henrici)
  • Ochraceous bulbul (as Criniger ochraceus)
  • Ochraceous bulbul (sordidus) (as Criniger sordidus)
  • Ochraceous bulbul (sumatranus) (as Criniger sumatranus)
  • Ochraceous bulbul (ruficrissus) (as Criniger ruficrissus)
  • Grey-cheeked bulbul (as Criniger bres)
  • Grey-cheeked bulbul (tephrogenys) (as Trichophorus tephrogenys)
  • Grey-cheeked bulbul (gutturalis) (as Trichophorus gutturalis or Criniger gutturalis)
  • Palawan bulbul (as Criniger frater)
  • Yellow-bellied bulbul (as Criniger phaeocephalus)
  • Yellow-bellied bulbul (diardi) (as Criniger diardi)
  • Yellow-bellied bulbul (sulphuratus) (as Trichophorus sulphuratus)
  • Yellow-browed bulbul (as Trichophorus indicus)
  • Yellow-browed bulbul (icterica) (as Criniger ictericus)
  • Hairy-backed bulbul (as Trichophorus minutus)
  • Hairy-backed bulbul (sericeus) (as Criniger sericea)
  • Grey-eyed bulbul (as Criniger propinquus)
  • Charlotte's bulbul (as Criniger charlottae)
  • Sulphur-bellied bulbul (as Criniger palawanensis)
  • Seram golden bulbul (as Criniger affinis)
  • Ambon golden bulbul (as Trichophorus flavicaudus)
  • Northern golden bulbul (as Criniger longirostris)
  • Sangihe golden bulbul (as Criniger Platenae)
  • Togian golden bulbul (as Criniger aureus)
  • Halmahera golden bulbul (as Criniger Chloris)
  • Buru golden bulbul (as Criniger mystacalis)
  • Yellowish bulbul (as Criniger Everetti)
  • Sulu bulbul (as Criniger Haynaldi)

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