Agelastes

{{short description|Genus of birds}}

{{automatic taxobox

| image = Agelastes_meleagrides.jpg

| image_caption = White-breasted guineafowl, Agelastes meleagrides

| taxon = Agelastes

| authority = Bonaparte, 1850

| type_species = Agelastes meleagrides{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=9 |title= Numididae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-08-05}}

| type_species_authority = Bonaparte, 1850

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

A. meleagrides

A. niger

}}

Agelastes is a small genus of birds in the guineafowl family. It comprises two species:{{cite web |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=176122 |title=ITIS report: Agelastes, Bonaparte, 1850 |publisher=Integrated Taxonomic Information System |access-date=2 March 2011}}

• White-breasted guineafowl, A. meleagrides
• Black guineafowl, A. niger