Family
Guineafowl
Numididae
8 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Galliformes
Guinea fowl () are birds of the family Numididae in the order Galliformes. They are endemic to Africa and rank among the oldest of the gallinaceous birds. Phylogenetically, they branched off from the core Galliformes after the Cracidae (chachalacas, guans, and curassows) and before the Odontophoridae (New World quail).
Species in this family
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides
- Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger
- Southern Crested Guineafowl Guttera edouardi
- Plumed Guineafowl Guttera plumifera
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Western Crested Guineafowl Guttera verreauxi
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris