Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies (candidate for split)

This taxon is a subspecies of Numida meleagris [meleagris, somaliensis, galeatus, mitratus, marungensis, coronatus, papillosus, reichenowi]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Gewone Tarentaal (Wes Afrika)
Asturian: Pintada común (galeatus)
Bulgarian: Шлемоглава токачка (ssp. galeatus)
Catalan: Pintada comuna (galeatus)
Czech: perlička kropenatá (ssp. galeatus)
Danish: Perlehøne, Vest Afrikansk (ssp. galeatus), Vestafrikansk Perlehøne
German: Guinea Helmperlhuhn, Helmperlhuhn (galeatus)
Greek: Φραγκόκοτα (galeatus)
English: Ankoli Helmet-Guineafowl, Common helmeted Guineafowl, Gabon Helmeted Guineafowl, Gabon Helmet-Guineafowl, Gaboon Helmeted Guineafowl, Gaboon Helmet-Guineafowl, Gray-breasted Guineafowl, Gray-breasted Helmeted Guineafowl, Gray-breasted Helmet-Guineafowl, Grey-breasted Guineafowl, Grey-breasted Helmeted Guineafowl, Grey-breasted Helmet-Guineafowl, Helmeted Guineafowl (galeatus), Helmeted Guineafowl (West African), Sahel Helmeted Guineafowl, Ubanghi Helmeted Guineafowl, Ubanghi Helmet-Guineafowl, West African Guineafowl, Zech's Helemeted Guineafowl, Zech's Helmet-Guineafowl
English, HBW: Helmeted Guineafowl (West African)
English (IOC): Helmeted Guineafowl (West African)
English (United States): Helmeted Guineafowl (West African)
Spanish: Guineo común, Pintada común, Pintada Común (galeatus)
Spanish (Cuba): Gallina de guinea (galeatus)
Spanish (Spain): Pintada Común (galeatus)
Spanish (HBW): Helmeted Guineafowl (West African)
Estonian: sudaani kiiver-pärlkana, sudaani pärlkana, sudaani pärlkana (sudaani kiiver-pärlkana)
Finnish: helmikana (galeatus)
French: Pintade casquée, Pintade de Numidie, Pintade de Numidie (casquée), Pintade de Numidie (galeatus)
Galician: Pintada común (galeatus)
Icelandic: Perluhæna (galeatus)
Italian: Faraona, Gallina di Faraone
Japanese (romaji): horohorochou (galeatus)
Japanese: ホロホロチョウ (galeatus), ホロホロチョウ（galeatus）
Scientific: Numida galeata, Numida galeata galeata, Numida galeata marchei, Numida galeata stresseni, Numida galeatus, Numida Marchei, Numida meleagris blancoui, Numida meleagris callewaerti, Numida meleagris galeata, Numida meleagris galeatus, Numida meleagris marchei, Numida meleagris strasseni, Numida meleagris stresseni, Numida meleagris zechi, Numida reichenowi galeata, Numida reichenowi galeatus, Numida strasseni, Numida zechi
Lithuanian: Patarška (galeatus)
Dutch: Helmparelhoen, Helmparelhoen (West-Afrikaans), Witborstparelhoen
Norwegian: hjelmperlehøne (galeatus)
Polish: perlica (zwyczajna) (galeatus), perlica bialoglowa, perlica białogłowa
Portuguese (Portugal): pintada-da-guiné (galeatus)
Russian: Шлемоносная цесарка (galeatus)
Slovak: perlička západná, perlička západná (skup.)
Slovenian: Pegatka (galeatus)
Serbian: Biserka (galeatus)
Swedish: hjälmpärlhöna (galeatus)
Turkish: Beçtavuğu (galeatus)