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Criniger

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Criniger
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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.

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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]

Species

The genus contains five species:[5]

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Former species

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

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