Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Gallomorphae > Order Galliformes > Suborder Phasiani > Superfamily Numidoidea > Family Numididae > Genus Numida

Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Phasianus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Numida*	Linnaeus, 1766	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phasianus meleagris*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

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English-United States: Helmeted Guineafowl sources: Charles Hussey

German: Helmperlhuhn sources: german PESI focal point

Greek: Φραγκόκοτα sources: Greek PESI focal point

Lithuanian: perlinė višta sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Russian: обыкновенная цеса́рка sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovenian: pegatka sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: Gallina de Guinea; Pintada común sources: spanish PESI focal point

Turkish: Beç tavuğu sources: Turkish PESI focal point

Ukrainian: звичайна цесарка; Цесарка звичайна

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Citation

Drs Cees Roselaar. Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96462

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2004-05-07 by Drs Cees Roselaar

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