Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (43)
- Subspecies (9)
Isabel Martínez and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 8, 2015
Text last updated September 8, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gewone Tarentaal |
| Asturian | Pintada comñn |
| Bulgarian | Шлемоглава токачка |
| Catalan | pintada comuna |
| Croatian | biserka |
| Czech | perlička kropenatá |
| Danish | Perlehøne |
| Dutch | Helmparelhoen |
| English | Helmeted Guineafowl |
| English (United States) | Helmeted Guineafowl |
| Finnish | helmikana |
| French | Pintade de Numidie |
| French (France) | Pintade de Numidie |
| Galician | Pintada común |
| German | Helmperlhuhn |
| Greek | Φραγκόκοτα |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Pentad Mawon |
| Hebrew | פנינית הקסדה |
| Icelandic | Perluhæna |
| Indonesian | Ayam mutiara |
| Italian | Faraona |
| Japanese | ホロホロチョウ |
| Lithuanian | Patarška |
| Norwegian | hjelmperlehøne |
| Polish | perlica (zwyczajna) |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pintada da Guiné comum |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | galinha-d'angola |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pintada |
| Romanian | Bibilică |
| Russian | Шлемоносная цесарка |
| Serbian | Biserka |
| Slovak | perlička prilbatá |
| Slovenian | Pegatka |
| Spanish | Pintada Común |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gallina de guinea |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Guinea |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Guinea Torcaz |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pintada común |
| Swedish | hjälmpärlhöna |
| Thai | ไก่ต๊อกหมวกเหล็ก |
| Turkish | Beçtavuğu |
| Ukrainian | Цесарка рогата |
| Zulu | impangelejwayelekile |
Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Phasianus Meleagris
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.158.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Africa = Nubia, upper Nile, ex Hasselquist.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NUMIDA
- numida
- MELEAGRIS
- meleagris
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Helmeted Guineafowl
