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 LC    Plumed Guineafowl* Id (Atlas):
    Guttera plumifera

Description (10)
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Family
Numididae (Guineafowl)

Size
45 - 51 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1857)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Gabon.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

 
Plumed Guineafowl (Guttera plumifera) [XC530176]
     by Rod Cassidy from Lobeke National Park, Petite savanna, Cameroon (call)

 
Plumed Guineafowl (Guttera plumifera) [XC531735]
     by Mathias D'haen from Ouesso, Sangha, Congo (Brazzaville) (alarm call, call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Eastern Crested Guineafowl (Guttera pucherani). Subspecies intergrade in north-eastern Congo.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • plumifera (Cassin, 1857)   -  Southern Cameroon, northern Congo and central-northern and southern Central African Republic, south through northern and western Gabon to northern Angola (Cabinda).
  • schubotzi Reichenow, 1912   -  Northern Zaire east to western Rift Valley, southern into forests west of L Tanganyika.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Plumed Guineafowl (Guttera plumifera) - 10 files


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