Plumed guinea fowl

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| name = Plumed guinea fowl

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Guttera plumifera |volume=2016 |page=e.T22679560A92819440 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679560A92819440.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| image = guttera_plumifera.jpg

| 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.