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Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris(Linnaeus, 1758)
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At a glance
The Helmeted Guineafowl is a very large bird, about 60–65 cm long, listed as Least Concern. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 60–65 cm
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Introduced
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Helmeted Guineafowl look like?
The Helmeted Guineafowl is a very large bird, about 60–65 cm long and weighing 1140–1820 g.
The helmeted guinea fowl is the best known of the guinea fowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus Numida. It is native to Africa, mainly south of the Sahara, and has been widely introduced, as a domesticated species, into the West Indies, North America, Colombia, Brazil, Australia and Europe.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Helmeted Guineafowl?
The Helmeted Guineafowl is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Helmeted Guineafowl eat?
The Helmeted Guineafowl feeds on fruit, seeds, foliage/herbs, corms/tubers and terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in flocks.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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