White-breasted Guineafowl
- White-breasted Guineafowl
Taxobox
name = White-breasted Guineafowl
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Galliformes
familia = Numididae
genus = "Agelastes"
species = "A. meleagrides "
binomial = "Agelastes meleagrides"
binomial_authority = Bonaparte, 1850
The White-breasted Guineafowl, "Agelastes meleagrides" is a medium-sized, up to 45cm long, terrestrial bird of the guineafowl family. It has a black plumage with a small, bare red head, white breast, long black tail, greenish brown bill and greyish feet. The sexes are similar. The female is slightly smaller than the male.
The White-breasted Guineafowl is distributed in subtropical West African forests of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The diet consists mainly of seeds, berries, termites and small animals.
Due to ongoing habitat loss and hunting in some areas, the White-breasted Guineafowl is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
External links
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=306&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
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