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Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris(Linnaeus, 1758)
Least ConcernIntroduced
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
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
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Widespread
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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