Criniger
White-bearded greenbul (above) andyellow-bearded greenbul (below)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Criniger Temminck, 1820
Type species
Criniger barbatus (Western bearded greenbul) Temminck, 1821
Synonyms
Trichophorus Tricophorus

Criniger is a genus ofsongbirds in thebulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species ofCriniger are found in western and central Africa.

The genusCriniger was introduced in 1820 by the Dutch zoologistCoenraad Jacob Temminck,^[1] the nameCriniger isLatin for "long-haired" (fromcrinis, meaning "hair" andgerere, meaning "to carry").^[2] A year later Temminck designated thetype species as thewestern bearded greenbul.^[3][4]

The genus contains five species:^[5]

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genusCriniger:

• Striated bulbul (asTricophorus striatus orCriniger striatus)^[6][7]
• Streak-eared bulbul (asCriniger Conradi)^[8]
• Western greenbul (asTrichophorus tephrolaemus)^[9]
• Olive-headed greenbul (asCriniger olivaceiceps)^[10]
• Golden greenbul (asCriniger serinus)^[11]
• Honeyguide greenbul (asCriniger indicator)^[12]
• Upper Guinea honeyguide greenbul (asTrichophorus leucurus)^[13]
• Yellow-bellied greenbul (asTrichophorus flaviventris)^[14]
• Falkenstein's greenbul (asCriniger Falkensteini)^[15]
• Simple greenbul (asTrichophorus simplex)^[16]
• Yellow-throated leaflove (asTrichophorus flavicollis orCriniger flavicollis)^[17]
• Uganda yellow-throated greenbul (asTrichophorus flavigula)^[18]
• Northern brownbul (asCriniger strepitans)^[19]
• Fischer's greenbul (asCriniger Fischeri)^[20]
• Cabanis's greenbul (asCriniger cabanisi)^[21]
• Icterine greenbul (asTrichophorus icterinus)^[22]
• Red-tailed bristlebill (multicolor) (asCriniger multicolor)^[23]
• Green-tailed bristlebill (asTrichophorus eximius)^[24]
• Yellow-lored bristlebill (asTrichophorus notatus)^[25]
• Grey-headed bristlebill (asTrichophorus canicapillus)^[26]
• Finsch's bulbul (asCriniger finschi)^[27]
• White-throated bulbul (asTrichophorus flaveolus orCriniger flaveolus)^[28]
• White-throated bulbul (burmanicus) (asCriniger burmanicus)^[29]
• Puff-throated bulbul (asCriniger pallidus)^[30]
• Grey-crowned bulbul (asCriniger griseiceps)^[31]
• Puff-throated bulbul (henrici) (asCriniger Henrici)^[32]
• Ochraceous bulbul (asCriniger ochraceus)^[33]
• Ochraceous bulbul (sordidus) (asCriniger sordidus)^[34]
• Ochraceous bulbul (sumatranus) (asCriniger sumatranus)^[35]
• Ochraceous bulbul (ruficrissus) (asCriniger ruficrissus)^[36]
• Grey-cheeked bulbul (asCriniger bres)^[37]
• Grey-cheeked bulbul (tephrogenys) (asTrichophorus tephrogenys)^[38]
• Grey-cheeked bulbul (gutturalis) (asTrichophorus gutturalis orCriniger gutturalis)^[39]
• Palawan bulbul (asCriniger frater)^[40]
• Yellow-bellied bulbul (asCriniger phaeocephalus)^[41]
• Yellow-bellied bulbul (diardi) (asCriniger diardi)^[42]
• Yellow-bellied bulbul (sulphuratus) (asTrichophorus sulphuratus)^[43]
• Yellow-browed bulbul (asTrichophorus indicus)^[44]
• Yellow-browed bulbul (icterica) (asCriniger ictericus)^[45]
• Hairy-backed bulbul (asTrichophorus minutus)^[46]
• Hairy-backed bulbul (sericeus) (asCriniger sericea)^[47]
• Grey-eyed bulbul (asCriniger propinquus)^[48]
• Charlotte's bulbul (asCriniger charlottae)^[49]
• Sulphur-bellied bulbul (asCriniger palawanensis)^[50]
• Seram golden bulbul (asCriniger affinis)^[51]
• Ambon golden bulbul (asTrichophorus flavicaudus)^[52]
• Northern golden bulbul (asCriniger longirostris)^[53]
• Sangihe golden bulbul (asCriniger Platenae)^[54]
• Togian golden bulbul (asCriniger aureus)^[55]
• Halmahera golden bulbul (asCriniger Chloris)^[56]
• Buru golden bulbul (asCriniger mystacalis)^[57]
• Yellowish bulbul (asCriniger Everetti)^[58]
• Sulu bulbul (asCriniger Haynaldi)^[59]

• Huntley, Jerry W.; Harvey, Johanna A.; Pavia, Marco; Boano, Giovanni; Voelker, Gary (2017). "The systematics and biogeography of the Bearded Greenbuls (Aves:Criniger) reveals the impact of Plio-Pleistocene forest fragmentation on Afro-tropical avian diversity".Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.183 (3):672–686.doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx086.

• Criniger
• Bird genera
• Greenbuls
• Birds of the African tropical rainforest

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