Western Crested Guineafowl
Guttera verreauxi(Elliot, DG, 1870)
English (US) Western Crested Guineafowl
The Western Crested Guineafowl (Guttera verreauxi) 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 verreauxi
- Family
- Numididae (Guineafowl)
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Western Crested Guineafowl
- Described by
- (Elliot, DG, 1870)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Guttera verreauxi verreauxi
- Guttera verreauxi sclateri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Numida verreauxi
- Described by
- (Elliot, DG, 1870)
- Original description
- Ibis ser.2, vol.6, no.22 p.300
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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