Black Guineafowl
Agelastes niger(Cassin, J, 1857)
English (US) Black Guineafowl
The Black Guineafowl (Agelastes niger) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Numididae (Guineafowl) in the order Galliformes.
Range: Congolian forest of southeastern Nigeria to northern Angola and far northeastern Democratic Republic of the CongoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Agelastes niger
- Family
- Numididae (Guineafowl)
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Guineafowl
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1857)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Phasidus niger
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1857)
- Type locality
- Cape Lopez, French Congo.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(1856) p.322
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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