''Agelastes'' is a small genus of

birds Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

in the

guineafowl Guinea fowl () (or guineahen) 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 C ...

family. It comprises two species: * White-breasted guineafowl, ''A. meleagrides'' *

Black guineafowl The black guinea fowl (''Agelastes niger'') is a terrestrial bird of the Numididae (guinea fowl) family found in humid forests in West-Central Africa. It is a medium-sized, black galliforme bird with a bare, orange-pink head and upper neck. As ...

, ''A. niger''

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q515968 Bird genera Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte