Criniger

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

Criniger
White-bearded greenbul (above) and yellow-bearded greenbul (below)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Criniger Temminck, 1820
Synonyms
Trichophorus Tricophorus

Taxonomy and systematics

Established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1820, the name Criniger is Latin for "long-haired" (from crinis, meaning "hair" and gerere, meaning "to carry").[1]

Extant species

There are five extant species in the genus Criniger:[2]

• Western bearded greenbul (Criniger barbatus)
• Eastern bearded greenbul (Criniger chloronotus)
• Red-tailed greenbul (Criniger calurus)
• White-bearded greenbul (Criniger ndussumensis)
• Yellow-bearded greenbul (Criniger olivaceus)

Former species

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

• Striated bulbul (as Tricophorus striatus or Criniger striatus)[3][4]
• Streak-eared bulbul (as Criniger Conradi)[5]
• Western greenbul (as Trichophorus tephrolaemus)[6]
• Olive-headed greenbul (as Criniger olivaceiceps)[7]
• Golden greenbul (as Criniger serinus)[8]
• Honeyguide greenbul (as Criniger indicator)[9]
• Upper Guinea honeyguide greenbul (as Trichophorus leucurus)[10]
• Yellow-bellied greenbul (as Trichophorus flaviventris)[11]
• Falkenstein's greenbul (as Criniger Falkensteini)[12]
• Simple greenbul (as Trichophorus simplex)[13]
• Yellow-throated leaflove (as Trichophorus flavicollis or Criniger flavicollis)[14]
• Uganda yellow-throated greenbul (as Trichophorus flavigula)[15]
• Northern brownbul (as Criniger strepitans)[16]
• Fischer's greenbul (as Criniger Fischeri)[17]
• Cabanis's greenbul (as Criniger cabanisi)[18]
• Icterine greenbul (as Trichophorus icterinus)[19]
• Red-tailed bristlebill (multicolor) (as Criniger multicolor)[20]
• Green-tailed bristlebill (as Trichophorus eximius)[21]
• Yellow-lored bristlebill (as Trichophorus notatus)[22]
• Grey-headed bristlebill (as Trichophorus canicapillus)[23]
• Finsch's bulbul (as Criniger finschi)[24]
• White-throated bulbul (as Trichophorus flaveolus or Criniger flaveolus)[25]
• White-throated bulbul (burmanicus) (as Criniger burmanicus)[26]
• Puff-throated bulbul (as Criniger pallidus)[27]
• Grey-crowned bulbul (as Criniger griseiceps)[28]
• Puff-throated bulbul (henrici) (as Criniger Henrici)[29]
• Ochraceous bulbul (as Criniger ochraceus)[30]
• Ochraceous bulbul (sordidus) (as Criniger sordidus)[31]
• Ochraceous bulbul (sumatranus) (as Criniger sumatranus)[32]
• Ochraceous bulbul (ruficrissus) (as Criniger ruficrissus)[33]
• Grey-cheeked bulbul (as Criniger bres)[34]
• Grey-cheeked bulbul (tephrogenys) (as Trichophorus tephrogenys)[35]
• Grey-cheeked bulbul (gutturalis) (as Trichophorus gutturalis or Criniger gutturalis)[36]
• Palawan bulbul (as Criniger frater)[37]
• Yellow-bellied bulbul (as Criniger phaeocephalus)[38]
• Yellow-bellied bulbul (diardi) (as Criniger diardi)[39]
• Yellow-bellied bulbul (sulphuratus) (as Trichophorus sulphuratus)[40]
• Yellow-browed bulbul (as Trichophorus indicus)[41]
• Yellow-browed bulbul (icterica) (as Criniger ictericus)[42]
• Hairy-backed bulbul (as Trichophorus minutus)[43]
• Hairy-backed bulbul (sericeus) (as Criniger sericea)[44]
• Grey-eyed bulbul (as Criniger propinquus)[45]
• Charlotte's bulbul (as Criniger charlottae)[46]
• Sulphur-bellied bulbul (as Criniger palawanensis)[47]
• Seram golden bulbul (as Criniger affinis)[48]
• Ambon golden bulbul (as Trichophorus flavicaudus)[49]
• Northern golden bulbul (as Criniger longirostris)[50]
• Sangihe golden bulbul (as Criniger Platenae)[51]
• Togian golden bulbul (as Criniger aureus)[52]
• Halmahera golden bulbul (as Criniger Chloris)[53]
• Buru golden bulbul (as Criniger mystacalis)[54]
• Yellowish bulbul (as Criniger Everetti)[55]
• Sulu bulbul (as Criniger Haynaldi)[56]

References

1. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
2. "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
3. "Pycnonotus striatus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
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6. "Arizelocichla tephrolaema - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
7. "Arizelocichla olivaceiceps - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
8. "Calyptocichla serinus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
9. "Baeopogon indicator - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
10. "Baeopogon indicator leucurus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
11. "Chlorocichla flaviventris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
12. "Chlorocichla falkensteini - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
13. "Chlorocichla simplex - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
14. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum: Passeriformes, or perching birds. Cichlomorphœ: pt. III-IV, containing the ... family Timeliidœ (babbling-thrushes) by R.B. Sharpe. order of the Trustees. 1881-01-01.
15. "Atimastillas flavicollis flavigula - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
16. "Phyllastrephus strepitans - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
17. "Phyllastrephus fischeri - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
18. "Phyllastrephus cabanisi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
19. "Phyllastrephus icterinus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
20. "Bleda syndactylus syndactylus (multicolor) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
21. "Bleda eximius - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
22. "Bleda notatus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
23. "Bleda canicapillus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
24. "Alophoixus finschii - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
25. "Alophoixus flaveolus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
26. "Alophoixus flaveolus burmanicus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
27. "Alophoixus pallidus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
28. "Alophoixus pallidus griseiceps - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
29. "Alophoixus pallidus henrici - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
30. "Alophoixus ochraceus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
31. "Alophoixus ochraceus sordidus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
32. "Alophoixus ochraceus sumatranus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
33. "Alophoixus ochraceus ruficrissus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
34. "Alophoixus bres - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
35. "Alophoixus bres tephrogenys - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
36. "Alophoixus bres gutturalis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
37. "Alophoixus frater - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
38. "Alophoixus phaeocephalus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
39. "Alophoixus phaeocephalus diardi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
40. "Alophoixus phaeocephalus sulphuratus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
41. "Acritillas indica - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
42. "Acritillas indica icterica - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
43. The Ibis. British Ornithologists' Union. 1872.
44. "Tricholestes criniger sericeus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
45. "Iole propinqua - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
46. "Buff-vented Bulbul (Iole charlottae)". www.hbw.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
47. "Iole palawanensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
48. "Thapsinillas affinis (Seram Golden Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
49. "Thapsinillas affinis flavicaudus (Ambon Golden Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
50. "Thapsinillas longirostris (Sula Golden-Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
51. "Thapsinillas platenae (Sangihe Golden-Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
52. "Thapsinillas aurea (Togian Golden-Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
53. "Thapsinillas chloris (Halmahera Golden-Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
54. "Thapsinillas mysticalis (Buru Golden Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
55. "Hypsipetes everetti (Yellowish Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
56. "Hypsipetes everetti haynaldi (Sulu Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-11-06.

Further reading

• 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. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx086.