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White-breasted Guineafowl
Agelastes meleagrides Bonaparte, 1850
Numididae — Guineafowl
White-breasted Guineafowl, Agelastes meleagrides, is a bird of the guineafowl family that breeds in Africa from Sierra Leone to Ghana. It was described by Bonaparte in 1850. It is a terrestrial species of forested West Africa, with a range that includes Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Its most notable feature is the white breast set against black plumage, along with a small bare red head, a long black tail, a greenish-brown bill and greyish feet. The sexes look alike, though the female is slightly smaller than the male.
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Numididae — Guineafowl
- Breeding range
- Africa: Sierra Leone to Ghana
