Southern Crested Guineafowl
Guttera edouardi(Hartlaub, KJG, 1867)
English (US) Southern Crested Guineafowl
The Southern Crested Guineafowl (Guttera edouardi) 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.
- Scientific name
- Guttera edouardi
- Family
- Numididae (Guineafowl)
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Southern Crested Guineafowl
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1867)
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The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Guttera edouardi barbata
- Guttera edouardi edouardi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Numida Edouardi
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1867)
- Type locality
- Coast of Natal.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 15, no.85 p.36
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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