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Criniger
Sign in to saveCriniger is a genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species of Criniger are found in western and central Africa.
Species
Puff-throated Bulbul
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPycnonotidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,280
- With media
- 769
- Family
- Pycnonotidae
- Collections
- CUMV, WFVZ, ROM
- Recorded in
- India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Indonesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pycnonotidae
- Image
- CrinigerVerreauxiKeulemans.jpg
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- Criniger
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Criniger
- taxon name
- Criniger
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Species
- Former species
- References
- Further reading
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" (from crinis, meaning "hair" and gerere, meaning "to carry"). A year later Temminck designated the type species as the western bearded greenbul.
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