Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- 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 negra |
| Czech | perlička černá |
| Dutch | Zwart Parelhoen |
| English | Black Guineafowl |
| English (United States) | Black Guineafowl |
| French | Pintade noire |
| French (France) | Pintade noire |
| German | Schwarzperlhuhn |
| Japanese | クロホロホロチョウ |
| Norwegian | svartperlehøne |
| Polish | pantarka czarna |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pintada-preta |
| Russian | Чёрная цесарка |
| Serbian | Crna biserka |
| Slovak | perlička čierna |
| Spanish | Pintada Negra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pintada negra |
| Swedish | svart pärlhöna |
| Turkish | Kara Beçtavuğu |
| Ukrainian | Цесарка чорна |
Agelastes niger (Cassin, 1857)
PROTONYM:
Phasidus niger
Cassin, 1857. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(1856), p.322.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape Lopez, French Congo.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AGELASTES
- niger
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Black Guineafowl
