- Agelastes niger
Identification
Small ( 42cm. ) Guineafowl. All black with bare red head and upperneck. Centre of crown and nape and bare areas of neck browner. Eye yellow. Bill rather long and slender for a Guineafowl and yellow. Legs and feet yellowish ochre. juvenile blackish with brown head and grey lower breast and belly.
Distribution
South-eastern Nigeria, western [[Cameroon, southern Central African Republic, northern Congo Brazzaville, extreme western Democratic Republic of Congo, Equitorial Guinea and Gabon .
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.[1]
Habitat
Mainly dark primary forest but occasionally in long abandoned farmland/ forest edge.
Behaviour
Diet
Ground feeders, amongst the leaf litter, they eat plants and small invertebrates.
Breeding
The eggs are pale reddish brown, occasionally yellow or violet tinged.
Ref
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Answers.com
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black Guineafowl. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black_Guineafowl
