Guineafowl (Numididae)
Crested Guineafowl (Guttera pucherani) - HBW 2, p. 566
French: Pintade huppée
German: Kräuselhauben Perlhuhn
Spanish: Pintada Moñuda
Other common names: Kenya Crested Guineafowl (pucherani); Crested Guineafowl (edouardi)
Taxonomy: Numida Pucherani Hartlaub, 1860, Zanzibar.
Forms superspecies with G. plumifera. Formerly considered to constitute two separate species, with recognition of G. edouardi (Crested Guineafowl), which included all of present races, except nominate pucherani (Kenya Crested Guineafowl); but thorough analysis of morphological characters concluded that the two were conspecific. Several other races described: sethsmithi, schoutedeni, pallasi, chapini and kathleenae now included in verreauxi; lividicollis and symonsi included in edouardi; and granti incl.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Numida Pucherani Hartlaub, 1860, Zanzibar.
Forms superspecies with G. plumifera. Formerly considered to constitute two separate species, with recognition of G. edouardi (Crested Guineafowl), which included all of present races, except nominate pucherani (Kenya Crested Guineafowl); but thorough analysis of morphological characters concluded that the two were conspecific. Several other races described: sethsmithi, schoutedeni, pallasi, chapini and kathleenae now included in verreauxi; lividicollis and symonsi included in edouardi; and granti included in pucherani. Five subspecies normally recognized.
Forms superspecies with G. plumifera. Formerly considered to constitute two separate species, with recognition of G. edouardi (Crested Guineafowl), which included all of present races, except nominate pucherani (Kenya Crested Guineafowl); but thorough analysis of morphological characters concluded that the two were conspecific. Several other races described: sethsmithi, schoutedeni, pallasi, chapini and kathleenae now included in verreauxi; lividicollis and symonsi included in edouardi; and granti included in pucherani. Five subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- verreauxi (Elliot, 1870) - Guinea Bissau E to NW Cameroon; E Congo E through Zaire to W Kenya, and S to W & E Angola and W Zambia.
- sclateri Reichenow, 1898 - NW Cameroon.
- pucherani (Hartlaub, 1860) - SW Somalia W to EC Kenya, and S to C Tanzania, Zanzibar and Tumbatu I.
- verreauxi (Elliot, 1870) - Guinea Bissau E to NW Cameroon; E Congo E through Zaire to W Kenya, and S to W & E Angola and W Zambia.
- sclateri Reichenow, 1898 - NW Cameroon.
- pucherani (Hartlaub, 1860) - SW Somalia W to EC Kenya, and S to C Tanzania, Zanzibar and Tumbatu I.
- barbata Ghigi, 1905 - SE Tanzania S to E Mozambique and W to Malawi.
- edouardi (Hartlaub, 1867) - E Zambia; Mozambique to NE South Africa (S to CE Natal).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on the ground Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp pucherani)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2007 4 years ago 35 sec 4.7 -
group of birds Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp verreauxi)
Daniêl Jimenez 20 September 2010 2 years ago 1 min 41 sec 4 -
An adult walking and feeding Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp edouardi)
Keith Blomerley 18 October 2004 7 years ago 23 sec 4 -
Two adults walking and feeding Locality Cape Vidal, St Lucia, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp edouardi)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 9 October 2002 8 years ago 16 sec 3.9 -
A group feeding Locality Cape Vidal, St Lucia, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp edouardi)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 9 October 2002 8 years ago 17 sec 3.5 -
A bird feeding close to a female Crested Fireback. Locality Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Western Russia, Russia (ssp verreauxi)
Josep del Hoyo 2 June 2009 2 years ago 43 sec 3.2
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Bird on a tree trunk
Locality Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp edouardi)
Roland Bischoff 28 October 2005 1 year ago 4.3 -
Crested Guineafowl (Guttera pucherani) at Kruger National Park near the borders with Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Locality South Africa
LHarding 4 November 2008 4 years ago 4 -
Three birds in a forest clearing.
Locality Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp edouardi)
Fran Trabalon 4 November 2008 1 year ago 3.8 -
Adult bird.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp pucherani)
Tomasz Doroń 3 July 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Feeding in dense vegetation
Locality Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 19 October 2008 2 years ago 3.8 -
An adult bird, part of a loose flock, feeding at the edge of a track in Brachystegia forest.
Locality Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya (ssp pucherani)
Steve Garvie 5 August 2007 3 years ago 3.8
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A flock seen along a trail from the campground. 5:59am. Locality Futululu Park, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
(ssp edouardi)
Charles Hesse 7 January 2010 3 years ago 4 -
Calls by one bird. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States)
(ssp pucherani)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 35 weeks ago 3
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