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Western Crested Guineafowl

Guttera verreauxi (Elliot, DG 1870)

Classification
Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Numididae
Genus:
   Guttera
Scientific:
  Guttera verreauxi

Original description

Citation:
  (Elliot, DG 1870)

Reference:
   Ibis

Protonym:
  Numida verreauxi

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16187239

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  9D29C252957FF0E9

Avibase ID:
  avibase-9D29C252

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/9D29C252

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 677570

Geographic range:

  • Guttera verreauxi: forest of western Africa to western Kenya
  • Guttera verreauxi [verreauxi, kathleenae, schoutedeni]: Guinea-Bissau to western Kenya and southward to Angola and Zambia
  • Guttera verreauxi sclateri: northwestern Cameroon
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Western Crested Guineafowl
Catalan:
Pintada crestada occidental
Czech:
perlička modrolící
Danish:
Vestlig Parykperlehøne
German:
Kongo-Haubenperlhuhn
Spanish:
Pintada moñuda occidental
French:
Pintade de Verreaux
Croatian:
kudrava biserka
Italian:
Faraona crestata occidentale
Dutch:
Blauwkopkroonparelhoen
Norwegian:
blåhodeperlehøne
Polish:
perlica modrolica
Portuguese:
galinha-azul
Portuguese (Portugal):
pintada-de-verreaux
Slovak:
perlička červenohrdlá
Swedish:
västlig tofspärlhöna
Ukrainian:
цесарка західна
Chinese:
西冠珠鸡

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Crested Guineafowl [verreauxi] ( Guttera edouardi [verreauxi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Crested Guineafowl [verreauxi] ( Guttera edouardi [verreauxi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Crested Guineafowl [verreauxi] ( Guttera edouardi [verreauxi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Crested Guineafowl [verreauxi] ( Guttera edouardi [verreauxi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Crested Guineafowl [verreauxi] ( Guttera edouardi [verreauxi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Crested Guineafowl [verreauxi] ( Guttera edouardi [verreauxi])
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Crested Guineafowl (Western) ( Guttera pucherani verreauxi/sclateri) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Crested Guineafowl (Western) ( Guttera pucherani verreauxi/sclateri) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Crested Guineafowl (Western) ( Guttera pucherani verreauxi/sclateri) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Crested Guineafowl (Western) ( Guttera pucherani verreauxi/sclateri) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Crested Guineafowl (Western) ( Guttera pucherani verreauxi/sclateri) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Crested Guineafowl (Western) ( Guttera pucherani verreauxi/sclateri) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

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

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Kuifkoptarentaal (Westelike), Kuifkoptarentaal (Westelikei)
Catalan: Pintada crestada occidental
Czech: perlička modrolící
Danish: Vestlig Parykperlehøne
German: Haubenperlhuhn (verreauxi/sclateri), Kongo-Haubenperlhuhn, Westafrikanisches Haubenperlhuhn
English: Crested Guineafowl (Western), Crested Guineafowl [verreauxi], Western Crested Guineafowl
English, HBW: Western Crested Guineafowl
English (IOC): Crested Guineafowl (Crested)
English (United States): Crested Guineafowl (Western)
Spanish: Pintada moñuda occidental, Pintada Moñuda Oriental (verreauxi/sclateri)
Spanish (Spain): Pintada Moñuda Oriental (verreauxi/sclateri)
Spanish (HBW): Crested Guineafowl (Western)
French: Pintade de Pucheran [verreauxi ou sclateri], Pintade de Pucheran [verreauxi], Pintade de Verreaux, Pintade huppée (verreauxi), Pintade huppée [verreauxi]
Croatian: kudrava biserka
Icelandic: Úfinhæna (verreauxi/sclateri)
Italian: Faraona crestata occidentale
Japanese (romaji): kanmurihorohorochou (verreauxi/sclateri)
Japanese: カンムリホロホロチョウ (verreauxi/sclateri), カンムリホロホロチョウ（verreauxi／sclateri）
Scientific: Guttera edouardi [verreauxi], Guttera edouardi verreauxi, Guttera pucherani verreauxi, Guttera pucherani verreauxi/sclateri, Guttera verreauxi, Numida verreauxi
Dutch: Blauwkopkroonparelhoen, Kroonparelhoen (Westelijk)
Norwegian: blåhodeperlehøne, parykkperlehøne (verreauxi/sclateri)
Polish: perlica czubata (verreauxi/sclateri), perlica modrolica
Portuguese: galinha-azul
Portuguese (Portugal): Capota-de-poupa(verreauxi/sclateri), pintada-de-crista (verreauxi/sclateri), pintada-de-verreaux
Russian: Чубатая цесарка (verreauxi/sclateri)
Slovak: perlička červenohrdlá, perlička červenohrdlá (skup.)
Serbian: Ćubasta biserka (verreauxi/sclateri)
Swedish: tofspärlhöna (verreauxi/sclateri), västlig tofspärlhöna
Turkish: Kıvırcık Beçtavuğu (verreauxi/sclateri)
Ukrainian: цесарка західна
Chinese: 西冠珠鸡

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