Criniger
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See also: criniger
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin crīniger (“long-haired”, adjective).
Proper noun
Criniger m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pycnonotidae – certain of the greenbuls, songbirds of Africa.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Sylvioidea - superfamily; Pycnonotidae - family; Crinigerinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Criniger barbatus - type species; Criniger calurus, Criniger chloronotus, Criniger ndussumensis, Criniger olivaceus - species
References
Criniger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Criniger on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Criniger on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Pycnonotidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
