Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | pintada pitblanca |
| Czech | perlička červenohlavá |
| Dutch | Kalkoenparelhoen |
| English | White-breasted Guineafowl |
| English (United States) | White-breasted Guineafowl |
| French | Pintade à poitrine blanche |
| French (France) | Pintade à poitrine blanche |
| German | Weißbrust-Perlhuhn |
| Japanese | ムナジロホロホロチョウ |
| Norwegian | hvitbrystperlehøne |
| Polish | pantarka białoszyja |
| Russian | Белогрудая цесарка |
| Serbian | Belogruda biserka |
| Slovak | perlička červenohlavá |
| Spanish | Pintada Pechiblanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pintada pechiblanca |
| Swedish | kalkonpärlhöna |
| Turkish | Ak Yakalı Beçtavuğu |
| Ukrainian | Цесарка біловола |
Agelastes meleagrides Bonaparte, 1850
PROTONYM:
Agelastes meleagrides
Bonaparte, 1850. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1849), Part 1, 7 no.199, p.145.
TYPE LOCALITY:
No locality given = Gold Coast.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AGELASTES
- meleagrides
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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‡: extinct
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White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides Scientific name definitions
Isabel Martínez and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 17, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 17, 2015
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides
Authors
Isabel Martínez and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Martínez, I. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). White-breasted Guineafowl (Agelastes meleagrides), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whbgui1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- September 17, 2015
- White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides
Authors
Isabel Martínez and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Martínez, I. and G. M. Kirwan (2015). White-breasted Guineafowl (Agelastes meleagrides). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
