Criniger

Criniger is a genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species of Criniger are found in western and central Africa.

Taxonomy

The genus Criniger was introduced in 1820 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck, the name Criniger is Latin for "long-haired". A year later Temminck designated the type species as the western [bearded greenbul].

The genus contains five species:

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

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species as species within the genus Criniger: