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Other related concepts

• Numida meleagris [var. domesticus] (domestic form)
• Acryllium vulturinum x Numida meleagris (hybrid)
• Numida meleagris x Penelope superciliaris (hybrid)
• Numida meleagris x Tragopan caboti (hybrid)
• Numida meleagris x Phasianus colchicus (hybrid)
• Numida meleagris x Pavo cristatus (hybrid)
• Meleagris gallopavo x Numida meleagris (hybrid)
• Gallus gallus x Numida meleagris (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аЦесаркәты, аЦисар-куты
Afrikaans: Gewone Tarentaal, Tarentaal
Asturian: Pintada común
Azerbaijani: adi firəngtoyuğu Numida meleagris var. domesticus
Belarusian: cacarka, Звычайная цацарка, цацарка
Bulgarian: tokačka, токачка, Шлемоглава токачка
Bengali: চগচন ভুযচগ , চগচনপািঈর
Bengali (transliteration): gini muragi, giniphā'ula
Breton: klujar-Spagn
Catalan: Gallina de Guinea, pintada, Pintada comuna
Czech: perlička, Perlicka kropenatá, perlička kropenatá
Welsh: cochwat, combác, iâr gini, Iâr gini helmog
Danish: Perlehøne
German: Helmperlhuhn, Perlhuhn
Greek: frankokota, Φραγκόκoτα, φραγκόκοτα
English: Common Guineafowl, Gray-breasted Helmet Guineafowl, Grey-breasted Helmet Guineafowl, Guineafowl, Helmet Guineafowl, Helmeted Guineafowl, Helmet-Guineafowl, Tufted Guineafowl, Wattle-nosed Guineafowl
English, HBW: Helmeted Guineafowl
English (IOC): Helmeted Guineafowl
English (Kenya): Helmeted Guineafowl
English (United States): Helmeted Guineafowl
Esperanto: Kaskonumido, numido, tufa numido
Spanish: gallina de guinea, Guinea, Guinea Torcaz, Guineo, Guineo Común, Pintada, Pintada Común
Spanish (Colombia): Pintada comun
Spanish (Cuba): Gallina de guinea, Guineo
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Guinea, Pintada
Spanish (Spain): Pintada Común
Spanish (HBW): Pintada común
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Guinea Torcaz
Estonian: kiiver-pärlkana, pärlkana, pärlkana (kiiver-pärlkana)
Basque: pintada
Finnish: Helmikana
Faroese: perluhøna
French: pintade, Pintade commune, Pintade de Numidie, Pintade mitrée, Pintade sauvage
Friulian: faraone, gjaline faraone, lis faraonis
Frisian: Poelepetaat, poepeletaat
Irish: galiña de guiné, guine, Guine clogadach
Galician: Pintada, Pintada común
Manx: eeanlee injinagh, kiark injinagh
Haitian Creole French: Pentad Mawon
Hebrew: פנינית, פנינית הקסדה
Croatian: biserka
Hungarian: Gyöngtyúk, gyöngytyúk, sisakos gyöngytyúk
Icelandic: Perluhæna, perluhænsn
Italian: Faraona, Faraona comune, Gallina faraona
Japanese (romaji): horohorochou
Japanese: ホロホロチョウ
Kabardian: шылэджэд
Kazakh: кәдімгі мысыр тауығы, мысыр тауығы, сырдаңтауық
Karachay-Balkar: станбул тауукъ, топал тауукъ
Cornish: gallina
Kwangali: Nkanga
Kirghiz: кадимки цесарка
Scientific: Numida meleagris, Numida meleagris meleagris, Numida meleagris reichenowi, Numida reichenowi, Phasianus meleagris
Ladino: faraona
Lithuanian: Naminė patarška, patarška
Latvian: parastā pērļvista, perlu vistina, pērļu vistiņa
Malagasy: Akanga, akohon-drano, otrika, Vitro, Vitro-ala
Macedonian: indiska kokoška, Бисерка, индиcкa кoкoшкa, Индиска кокошка
Maltese: farawni
Dutch: Helmparelhoen, parelhoen
Norwegian Nynorsk: Hjelmperlehøne
Norwegian: Hjelmperlehøne, perlehøne
Sotho, Northern: Kgaka
Occitan: pintarda
Polish: perlica, perlica (zwyczajna), Perlica zwyczajna, perliczka
Portuguese: Fraca da Guiné, Fraca de guine, Fraca-de-guine, galinha d'angola, Pintada, Pintada da Guiné
Portuguese (Portugal): Pintada, pintada-da-guiné
Rarotongan: Kōkā
Romansh: giaglina perlada
Rhaeto-Romance: Giaglina perlada
Romanian: bibilica, bibilică
Russian: cesarka, Обыкновенная цесарка, цесарка, Шлемоносная цесарка
Sardinian: magliocchina, pudda campina, pudda de ěndias, pudda de ìndias
Scots: coileach innseanach, male
Northern Sami: Bearalvuonccis, pearalvuonccis
Slovak: perlička, Perlička bodkovaná, perlička prilbatá
Slovenian: pegatka
Shona: Hanga
Albanian: pula faraone
Serbian: biserka, misirka, бисерка, мисирка
Siswant: Imphangele
Sotho, Southern: Khaka
Swedish: Hjälmpärlhöna, pärlhöna
Swahili: Kanga
Tajik: мурғи фиръавн
Turkmen: beçtavuğu, sesarka
Tswana: Kgaka
Turkish: Beçtavuğu
Tsonga: Mhanghela
Tatar: мисыр тавыгы
Tuvinian: черлик цесарка
Udmurt: цесарка
Ukrainian: cesarka, цесарка, Цесарка рогата
Uzbek: ѐввойи кулранг цесарка, кулранг цесарка
Sorbian, Lower: parlawa, parlickata kurka
Sorbian, Upper: krjepjena, parlawa, parlowa kokoš
Kalmyk: зерлг така, такарһа
Xhosa: Impangele
Chinese: 珠鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 普通珠雞
Zulu: iMpangele