Plumed guineafowl
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| Plumed guineafowl | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Numididae |
| Genus: | Guttera |
| Species: | G. plumifera |
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| Guttera plumifera (Cassin, 1857) | |
The plumed guineafowl (Guttera plumifera) 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 (not curled) 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.
Taxonomy
[edit]There are two recognized subspecies:
- G. p. plumifera (Cassin, 1857) - Cameroon plumed guineafowl - southern Cameroon to Congo Basin, northern Gabon, and northern Angola
- G. p. schubotzi (Reichenow, 1912) - Schubotz's plumed guineafowl - northern Zaire to East African Rift and forests west of Lake Tanganyika
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Guttera plumifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679560A92819440. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679560A92819440.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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