Criniger is a genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species of Criniger are found in western and central Africa.
The genus Criniger was introduced in 1820 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck,[1] the name Criniger is Latin for "long-haired" (from crinis, meaning "hair" and gerere, meaning "to carry").[2] A year later Temminck designated the type species as the western bearded greenbul.[3][4]
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Criniger: