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 LC    Black Guineafowl* Id (Atlas):
    Agelastes niger

Description (9)
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Family
Numididae (Guineafowl)

Size
40 - 43 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, Nigeria.

South-eastern Nigeria to northern Angola (Cabinda), and eastwards north of R Congo to extreme north-eastern Zaire.
 
Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 500,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with White-breasted Guineafowl (Agelastes meleagrides).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


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