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Taxon:
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Numida meleagris meleagris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
- helmeted guineafowl
(bird)
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Numida meleagris (Species) - helmeted guineafowl
..Numida meleagris coronatus (Subspecies)
..Numida meleagris galeatus (Subspecies)
..Numida meleagris marungensis (Subspecies)
..Numida meleagris mitratus (Subspecies)
..Numida meleagris papillosus (Subspecies)
..Numida meleagris reichenowi (Subspecies)
..Numida meleagris sabyi (Subspecies)
..Numida meleagris somaliensis (Subspecies)
..Numida meleagris meleagris (Subspecies) - helmeted guineafowl
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 158.
Subsequent rank
:
Subsequent generic combination
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Numida meleagris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 11.
[implicit]
Variants
Basionym
:
Phasianus meleagris
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Including
:
Numida meleagris major
Hartlaub, 1883
Ref:
E.C. Dickinson (ed.), 2003
: 40 (note 6).
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
helmparelhoen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
helmeted guineafowl
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