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Plumed Guineafowl
Guttera plumifera (Cassin, J 1857)
The plumed guineafowl is a member of the guineafowl bird family. It is found in humid primary forest in Central Africa. It resembles some subspecies of the crested guineafowl, but has a straighter and higher crest, and a relatively long wattle on either side of the bill. The bare skin on the face and neck is entirely dull grey-blue in the western nominate subspecies, while there are a few orange patches among the grey-blue in the eastern subspecies schubotzi. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Galliformes
Family:
Numididae
Genus:
Guttera
Scientific:
Guttera plumifera
Original description
Citation:
(Cassin, J 1857)
Reference:
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
8, no.6 p.321
Imprint year:
1856
Protonym:
Numida plumifera
Type locality:
Cape Lopez, French Congo.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18246#page/341/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
374253A6AE8BA71A
Avibase ID:
avibase-374253A6
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/374253A6
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176130
Geographic range:
- Guttera plumifera: lowland Congolian rainforest from southern Cameroon and southern Central African Republic eastward to the Rift Valley of Democratic Republic of the Congo, and southward to Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Cabinda (northwestern Angola)
- Guttera plumifera plumifera: southern Cameroon to Congo basin, northern Gabon, and northern Angola
- Guttera plumifera schubotzi: northern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Rift Valley and forest west of Lake Tanganyika
Source: Clements checklist
Plumed Guineafowl
Afrikaans:
Pluimkoptarentaal
Azerbaijani:
Qabon firəngtoyuğu
Bulgarian:
Габонска токачка
Catalan:
Pintada de plomall
Czech:
perlička lesní
Danish:
Parykperlehøne
German:
Schlichthauben-Perlhuhn
Esperanto:
plumporta numido
Spanish:
Pintada Plumífera
Spanish (Spain):
Pintada Plumífera
Estonian:
paruk-pärlkana
Finnish:
kiharahelmikana
French:
Pintade plumifère
Croatian:
kukmasta biserka
Hungarian:
búbos gyöngytyúk
Italian:
Faraona piumata
Japanese (romaji):
kokanmurihorohorochou
Japanese:
コカンムリホロホロチョウ
Lithuanian:
Lygiakuodė patarška
Dutch:
Kuifparelhoen
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Bustperlehøne
Norwegian:
Bustperlehøne
Polish:
perlica czarna
Portuguese:
pintada-emplumada
Portuguese (Portugal):
pintada-de-penacho
Russian:
Хохлатая цесарка
Slovak:
perlička chochlatá
Serbian:
Biserka sa perjanicom
Swedish:
plympärlhöna
Turkish:
Peruklu Beçtavuğu
Ukrainian:
Цесарка камерунська
Chinese:
西非冠珠鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
西非冠珠雞
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Pintade plumifère ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pintade plumifère ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Guttera plumifera [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Guttera plumifera [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Guttera plumifera [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Plumed Guineafowl ( Guttera plumifera) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Guttera plumifera [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Guttera plumifera [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Pluimkoptarentaal
Azerbaijani: Qabon firəngtoyuğu
Bulgarian: Габонска токачка
Catalan: Pintada de plomall
Czech: perlička lesní, Perlicka modravá
Danish: Parykperlehøne
German: Schlichthauben-Perlhuhn
English: Crested Guineafowl, Plumed Guineafowl
English (Avilist): Plumed Guineafowl
English, HBW: Plumed Guineafowl
English (IOC): Plumed Guineafowl
English (United States): Plumed Guineafowl
Esperanto: Plumkrona numido, plumporta numido
Spanish: Guineo Plumífero, Pintada Plumifera, Pintada Plumífera
Spanish (Spain): Pintada Plumífera
Spanish (HBW): Plumed Guineafowl
Estonian: paruk-pärlkana
Finnish: Kiharahelmikana
French: Pintade à crête, Pintade huppée, Pintade huppée plumifère, Pintade plumifère
French (Guyane): Pintade plumifère
Croatian: kukmasta biserka
Hungarian: búbos gyöngytyúk
Italian: Faraona piumata
Japanese (romaji): kokammurihorohorochou, kokanmurihorohorochou
Japanese: コカンムリホロホロチョウ
Scientific: Guttera plumifera, Guttera plumifera plumifera, Numida plumifera
Lithuanian: Lygiakuodė patarška
Dutch: Kuifparelhoen
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bustperlehøne
Norwegian: Bustperlehøne
Polish: perlica czarna
Portuguese: Pintada plumifera, Pintada-emplumada
Portuguese (Angola): Pintada-de-penacho
Portuguese (Portugal): pintada-de-penacho
Russian: Габонская цесарка, Гладкохохлая цесарка, Хохлатая цесарка
Slovak: perlička chochlatá
Serbian: Biserka sa perjanicom
Swedish: Plympärlhöna
Turkish: Peruklu Beçtavuğu
Tatar: шома бүрекле мисыр тавыгы
Ukrainian: Цесарка камерунська
Chinese: 西非冠珠鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 西非冠珠雞
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