plumifera (Cassin, 1857)vCameroon to Gabon and N Angola (Cabinda)
schubotzi Reichenow, 1912iN DR Congo
Guttera pucheraniCrested Guineafowl
verreauxi (Elliot, 1870)12iGuinea to SW Nigeria; E PR Congo to W Kenya and C Tanzania [Elliot, 1870 #1498]
sclateri Reichenow, 1898iSE Nigeria and SW Cameroon
pucherani (Hartlaub, 1861) αiSW Somalia, E Kenya, NE and E Tanzania, Zanzibar, Tambatu I.
edouardi (Hartlaub, 1867)13iE Zambia to S Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal
barbata Ghigi, 190514vSE Tanzania, N Mozambique, Malawi
schoutedeni Chapin, 192315Middle Congo basin to E DR Congo and NE Angola
kathleenae C.M.N. White, 194316NW Zambia to E Angola and S DR Congo [White, 1943 #4164]
1 The sequence of genera follows Kimball et al. (2011) [Kimball, 2011 #12785].
2 For date change see I.C.Z.N. (1987) [I.C.Z.N., 1987 #4674] based on Opinion 67 (I.C.Z.N., 1916) [I.C.Z.N., 1916 #6614].
3 Includes marchei, callewaerti, blancoui Grote, 1936 [Grote, 1936 #1832], and implicitly strasseni and bannermani Frade, 1976 [Frade, 1976 #1593]; see Martínez (1994) [Martínez, 1994 #2515].
4 Includes major, macroceras, toruensis, intermedius and uhehensis; see Martínez (1994) [Martínez, 1994 #2515].
5 Introduced to Cape Verde Is., São Tomé, Príncipe, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, NE Australia, New Zealand, Kermadec Is., Hispaniola, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Barbuda and Virgin Is. (St. Croix).
6 For changes to date and citation, see Rookmaaker & Pieters (2000) [Rookmaaker, 2000 #10837].
7 Includes maximus, rikwae, and bodalyae Boulton, 1934 [Boulton, 1934 #449]; see Martínez (1994) [Martínez, 1994 #2515].
8 Includes mulondensis Monard, 1934 [Monard, 1934 #2702]; see White (1965) [White, 1965 #4191]. Included in damarensis in Crowe et al. (1986) [Crowe, 1986 #1098] and in Martínez (1994) [Martínez, 1994 #2515] with papillosus in synonymy - but the latter is the prior name. Reasons to avoid its use may exist, but have not been traced.
9 Includes limpopoensis; see Ratcliffe in Hockey et al. (2005) [Hockey, 2005 #12724].
10 Peters (1934) [Peters, 1934 #3007] listed this in the monotypic genus Phasidus; that was submerged in Agelastes by White (1951) [White, 1951 #13989].
11 Considered to form a superspecies with G. pucherani by Sibley & Monroe (1990) [Sibley, 1990 #3636].
12 Includes chapini, sethsmithi and pallasi; see Martínez (1994) [Martínez, 1994 #2515].
13 Includes symonsi; see White (1965) [White, 1965 #4191].
14 Includes suahelica; see White (1965) [White, 1965 #4191].
15 For treatment as a separate subspecies from verreauxi, see White (1965) [White, 1965 #4191].
16 For treatment as a separate subspecies from verreauxi see Dowsett et al. (2008) [Dowsett, 2008 #12725].