Criniger
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| White-bearded greenbul (above) and yellow-bearded greenbul (below) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: |
Criniger Temminck, 1820 |
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Criniger is a genus of songbird in the family Pycnonotidae. Established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1820, the name Criniger is Latin for "long-haired" (from crinis, meaning "hair" and gerere, meaning "to carry"). It contains the following species:
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Criniger:
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