Criniger

Criniger is a genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species of Criniger are found in western and central Africa. Established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1820, the name Criniger is Latin for 'long-haired' (from crinis, meaning 'hair' and gerere, meaning 'to carry'). There are five extant species in the genus Criniger: Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Criniger: