Helmeted Guineafowl / Numida meleagris LC
- Synonyms Wattle-nosed Guineafowl, Grey-breasted Helmet Guineafowl, Gray-breasted Helmet Guineafowl, Tufted Guineafowl, Helmet Guineafowl, Guineafowl, Common Guineafowl, Helmet-Guineafowl
- Old latin name for bird Phasianus meleagris, Numida reichenowi
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Where to see Helmeted Guineafowl
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Benin
- Botswana
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Dominican Republic
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- New Zealand
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Puerto Rico
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Helmeted Guineafowl subspecies (9)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numida meleagris coronatus | e South Africa | - | No |
| Numida meleagris galeatus | w Africa to s Chad and n Angola | - | No |
| Numida meleagris marungensis | s DR Congo to w Angola and Zambia | - | No |
| Numida meleagris meleagris | e Chad to w Ethiopia, n Kenya, Uganda and n DR Congo | - | No |
| Numida meleagris mitratus | Tanzania to Mozambique, Zambia and Botswana | - | No |
| Numida meleagris papillosus | Botswana and Namibia | - | No |
| Numida meleagris reichenowi | Kenya to c Tanzania | - | No |
| Numida meleagris sabyi | nw Morocco | - | No |
| Numida meleagris somaliensis | ne Ethiopia and Somalia | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Abkhazian | аЦисар-куты, аЦесаркәты |
| Afrikaans | Tarentaal, Gewone Tarentaal |
| Albanian | pula faraone |
| Azerbaijani | adi firəngtoyuğu Numida meleagris var. domesticus |
| Basque | pintada |
| Belarusian | cacarka, Звычайная цацарка, цацарка |
| Bengali | চগচনপািঈর, চগচন ভুযচগ |
| Breton | klujar-Spagn |
| Bulgarian | Шлемоглава токачка, tokačka, токачка |
| Catalan | pintada, pintada comuna, Gallina de Guinea |
| Chinese | 珠鸡 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 普通珠雞 |
| Cornish | gallina |
| Croatian | biserka |
| Czech | perlička, Perlicka kropenatá, perlička kropenatá |
| Danish | Perlehøne |
| Dutch | Helmparelhoen, parelhoen |
| Esperanto | tufa numido, numido, Kaskonumido |
| Estonian | pärlkana (kiiver-pärlkana), pärlkana |
| Faroese | perluhøna |
| Finnish | helmikana |
| French | Pintade mitrée, Pintade de Numidie, Pintade commune, Pintade sauvage, pintade |
| Frisian | Poelepetaat, poepeletaat |
| Galician | Pintada, Pintada común |
| German | Helmperlhuhn, Perlhuhn |
| Greek | frankokota, φραγκόκοτα, Φραγκόκoτα |
| Hebrew | פנינית הקסדה, פנינית |
| Hungarian | gyöngytyúk, Gyöngtyúk, sisakos gyöngytyúk |
| Icelandic | perluhænsn, Perluhæna |
| Irish | guine, galiña de guiné, Guine clogadach |
| Italian | Faraona, Faraona comune, Gallina faraona |
| Japanese | ホロホロチョウ |
| Kazakh | мысыр тауығы, сырдаңтауық, кәдімгі мысыр тауығы |
| Latvian | perlu vistina, pērļu vistiņa, parastā pērļvista |
| Lithuanian | patarška, naminė patarška |
| Macedonian | indiska kokoška, Индиска кокошка, индиcкa кoкoшкa, Бисерка |
| Malagasy | Vitro-ala, Vitro, otrika, Akanga, akohon-drano |
| Maltese | farawni |
| Manx | kiark injinagh, eeanlee injinagh |
| Northern Sami | pearalvuonccis, Bearalvuonccis |
| Norwegian | perlehøne, hjelmperlehøne |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Hjelmperlehøne |
| Occitan | pintarda |
| Polish | perlica (zwyczajna), Perlica zwyczajna, perlica, perliczka |
| Portuguese | Fraca-de-guine, Pintada, pintada-da-guiné, Pintada da Guiné, Fraca de guine, galinha d'angola, Fraca da Guiné |
| Romanian | bibilică, bibilica |
| Romansh | giaglina perlada |
| Russian | Обыкновенная цесарка, cesarka, цесарка, Шлемоносная цесарка |
| Sardinian | magliocchina, pudda campina, pudda de ìndias, pudda de ěndias |
| Serbian | бисерка, misirka, Biserka, мисирка |
| Shona | Hanga |
| Slovak | Perlička bodkovaná, perlička, perlička prilbatá |
| Slovenian | pegatka |
| Spanish | Guineo, Guinea, Pintada, Guinea Torcaz, gallina de guinea, Pintada común, Guineo Común |
| Swahili | Kanga |
| Swedish | hjälmpärlhöna, pärlhöna |
| Tajik | мурғи фиръавн |
| Tatar | мисыр тавыгы |
| Tsonga | Mhanghela |
| Tswana | Kgaka |
| Turkish | Beçtavuğu |
| Turkmen | beçtavuğu, sesarka |
| Ukrainian | цесарка рогата, цесарка, cesarka |
| Uzbek | ѐввойи кулранг цесарка, кулранг цесарка |
| Welsh | combác, iâr gini, cochwat, Iâr gini helmog |
| Xhosa | Impangele |
| Zulu | iMpangele |