{{short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | name = Plumed guinea fowl | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Guttera plumifera'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T22679560A92819440 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679560A92819440.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> | image = Guttera plumifera plumifera - bureaubenjamin - 206765527.jpeg | genus = Guttera | species = plumifera | authority = (Cassin, 1857) }}
The '''plumed guinea fowl''' ('''''Guttera plumifera''''') is a member of the guinea fowl bird family. It is found in humid primary forest in Central Africa. It resembles some subspecies of the crested guinea fowl, but has a straighter (not curled) and higher crest, and a relatively long wattle on either side of the bill. The bare skin on the face and neck is entirely dull grey-blue in the western nominate subspecies, while there are a few orange patches among the grey-blue in the eastern subspecies ''schubotzi''.
==Taxonomy==
There are two recognized subspecies: * ''G. p. plumifera'' (Cassin, 1857) - Cameroon plumed guinea fowl - southern Cameroon to Congo Basin, northern Gabon, and northern Angola * ''G. p. schubotzi'' (Reichenow, 1912) - Schubotz's plumed guinea fowl - northern Zaire to East African Rift and forests west of Lake Tanganyika
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