Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Guttera [pucherani, edouardi or verreauxi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013) (v.1) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014) (v.1) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015) (v.1) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016) (v.1) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017) (v.1) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018) (v.1) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020) (v.1) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021) (v.1) Avilist 2025 (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014) (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015) (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016) (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025) (v.?) 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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Kuifkoptarentaal, Kuifkoptarentaal (Kenia)
Azerbaijani: kəkilli firəngtoyuğu
Catalan: Pintada crestada, Pintada crestada oriental
Czech: perlička chocholatá
Danish: Kenyaperlehøne, Krøltoppet Perlehøne
German: Haubenperlhuhn (pucherani), Kenia-Haubenperlhuhn, Kräuselhauben-Perlhuhn, Pucheran Haubenperlhuhn
English: Crested Guineafowl, Crested Guineafowl (Kenya), Eastern Crested Guineafowl, Kenya Crested Guineafowl, Kenya Guineafowl, Pucheran's crested Guineafowl
English, HBW: Eastern Crested Guineafowl
English (IOC): Crested Guineafowl (Kenya)
English (Kenya): Crested Guineafowl
English (United States): Crested Guineafowl (Kenya)
Esperanto: Kenja krestonumido, Krestonumido, ruĝmaska numido
Spanish: Guineo Moñudo, Pintada Moñuda, Pintada moñuda oriental, Pintada Moñuda Oriental (pucherani)
Spanish (Spain): Pintada Moñuda Oriental, Pintada Moñuda Oriental (pucherani)
Spanish (HBW): Crested Guineafowl (Kenya)
Estonian: kähar-pärlkana
Finnish: Töyhtöhelmikana
French: Pintade à huppe ondulée, Pintade de Pucheran, Pintade de Pucheran (pucherani), Pintade de Pucheran [nominal], Pintade huppée
Croatian: crvenolica biserka
Hungarian: bóbitás gyöngytyúk
Icelandic: Úfinhæna (pucherani)
Italian: Faraona crestata, Faraona crestata orientale, Numida dal ciuffo
Japanese (romaji): kanmurihorohorochou, kanmurihorohorochou (pucherani), keniakammurihorohorochou
Japanese: カンムリホロホロチョウ, カンムリホロホロチョウ (pucherani), カンムリホロホロチョウ（pucherani）, ケニアカッムリホロホロチョウ
Kirghiz: үрпөк цесарка
Scientific: Guttera edouardi pucherani, Guttera pucherani, Guttera pucherani pucherani, Numida Pucherani
Lithuanian: Keninė patarška
Dutch: Keniaanse Kroonparelhoen, Kroonparelhoen, Kroonparelhoen (Kenya), Pucheran kuijfparelhoen, Roodkopkroonparelhoen
Norwegian: Parykkperlehøne, parykkperlehøne (pucherani)
Polish: perlica czubata, perlica czubata (pucherani)
Portuguese: Fraca de cristata, Fraca-de-cristata
Portuguese (Portugal): Capota-de-poupa, pintada-de-crista, pintada-de-crista (pucherani)
Russian: Хохлатая цесарка, Чубатая цесарка, Чубатая цесарка (pucherani)
Slovak: perlička kropenatá, perlička kropenatá (skup.)
Serbian: Ćubasta biserka, Ćubasta biserka (pucherani)
Swedish: Tofspärlhöna, tofspärlhöna (pucherani)
Swahili: Kororo wa Kenya
Turkish: Kıvırcık Beçtavuğu, Kıvırcık Beçtavuğu (pucherani)
Tatar: маңгай чәчле мисыр тавыгы
Ukrainian: Цесарка чубата
Chinese: 冠珠鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 肯亞冠珠雞