White-breasted Guineafowl (Agelastes meleagrides) | Photos and ID

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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, although the female is slightly smaller than the male.

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When to see the White-breasted Guineafowl

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-breasted Guineafowl

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Côte d’Ivoire Ghana Sierra Leone

About the White-breasted Guineafowl

The white-breasted guinea fowl is a medium-sized, up to 45 cm long, terrestrial bird of the guinea fowl family.

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Easily confused with

Black GuineafowlAgelastes nigerThe head and upper neck of an adult black guinea fowl are unfeathered, revealing the pink skin.

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