Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 14,562
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Helmeted guinea fowl”.