White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Isabel Martínez and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 17, 2015
Text last updated September 17, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | pintada pitblanca |
| Czech | perlička červenohlavá |
| Dutch | Kalkoenparelhoen |
| English | White-breasted Guineafowl |
| English (United States) | White-breasted Guineafowl |
| French | Pintade à poitrine blanche |
| French (France) | Pintade à poitrine blanche |
| German | Weißbrust-Perlhuhn |
| Japanese | ムナジロホロホロチョウ |
| Norwegian | hvitbrystperlehøne |
| Polish | pantarka białoszyja |
| Russian | Белогрудая цесарка |
| Serbian | Belogruda biserka |
| Slovak | perlička červenohlavá |
| Spanish | Pintada Pechiblanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pintada pechiblanca |
| Swedish | kalkonpärlhöna |
| Turkish | Ak Yakalı Beçtavuğu |
| Ukrainian | Цесарка біловола |
Agelastes meleagrides Bonaparte, 1850
PROTONYM:
Agelastes meleagrides
Bonaparte, 1850. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1849), Part 1, 7 no.199, p.145.
TYPE LOCALITY:
No locality given = Gold Coast.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AGELASTES
- meleagrides
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lowercase: species and subspecies
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Gr.: ancient Greek
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OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-breasted Guineafowl
