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 LC    Western Crested Guineafowl* Id (Atlas):
    Guttera verreauxi

Description (5)
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Family
Numididae (Guineafowl)

Size
46 - 56 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Elliot, 1870)

Range (Guide)
Guinea Bissau east to north-western Cameroon; eastern Congo east through Zaire to western Kenya, and south to western and eastern Angola and western Zambia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Eastern Crested Guineafowl (Guttera pucherani).
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Eastern Crested Guineafowl (Guttera pucherani).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


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