Category:Numididae - BirdForum Opus

Family: Numididae

Description

Six species of Guineafowl in four genera; found in Africa.

Numididae is a family in the order Galliformes.
Some authors include the four genera in Phasianidae.

Family Numididae	view • edit

Genus Numida	view • edit

N. meleagris

Helmeted Guineafowl

Genus Agelastes	view • edit

A. meleagrides

White-breasted Guineafowl

A. niger

Black Guineafowl

Genus Acryllium	view • edit

A. vulturinum

Vulturine Guineafowl

Genus Guttera	view • edit

G. plumifera

Plumed Guineafowl

G. pucherani

Eastern Crested Guineafowl

G. verreauxi

Western Crested Guineafowl

G. edouardi

Southern Crested Guineafowl

Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Galliformes. Fowl, Quail, Guans, Currasows, Megapodes. Version 07 March 2007 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Galliformes/26296/2007.03.07 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Numididae. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Numididae