Translingual

Proper noun

Numida meleagris m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Numididae – the guineafowl.

Hyponyms

• (species): Numida meleagris coronatus (Natal helmeted guineafowl - eastern South Africa), Numida meleagris galeatus (West African guineafowl - western Africa to southern Chad, central Zaire, and northern Angola), Numida meleagris marungensis (Marungu helmeted guineafowl - south Congo basin to western Angola and Zambia), Numida meleagris meleagris (Saharan helmeted guineafowl - eastern Chad to Ethiopia, northern Zaire, Uganda and northern Kenya), Numida meleagris mitratus (tufted guineafowl - Tanzania to eastern Mozambique, Zambia, and northern Botswana), Numida meleagris papillosus (Damara helmeted guineafowl - southern Angola to Botswana and Namibia), Numida meleagris reichenowi (Reichenow's helmeted guineafowl - Kenya and central Tanzania), Numida meleagris sabyi (Saby's helmeted guineafowl - northwestern Morocco), Numida meleagris somaliensis (Somali tufted guineafowl - northeastern Ethiopia and Somalia) - subspecies

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276