Crinifer
Sign in to saveCrinifer is a genus of birds in the turaco family. They are restricted to Africa. Formerly, the genus only contained the plantain-eaters, but in 2021, go-away-birds were merged into the genus.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderMusophagiformes
- FamilyMusophagidae
Observations recorded56,322
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- Family
- Musophagidae
- Collections
- CAS, UMZC, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Tanzania, Senegal, Eritrea, N/A, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Ghana
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Criniferinae
- Image
- Eastern Plantain Eater (Crinifer zonurus) (5624901908).jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Crinifer
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Crinifer
- topic's main category
- Category:Crinifer
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Extant species
- References
Crinifer is a genus of birds in the turaco family. They are restricted to Africa. Formerly, the genus only contained the plantain-eaters, but in 2021, go-away-birds were merged into the genus.
They are large, noisy, and conspicuous birds, but lack the brilliant colours of their relatives. They are mainly grey, with a long tail and an erectile head crest. They feed on fruit, especially figs, seeds, and other vegetable matter.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crinifer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.