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Numida meleagris | helmeted guineafowl (domestic type) Introduced. The helmeted guineafowl is a native to Africa, but has been domesticated and travelled the word for their delicious meat. In Hawaiʻi, they were released, and now make a home for themselves in open urban fields near ponds and wetlands.
The helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) is the best known of the guineafowl 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, [2] Australia and Europe.
The conspicuous horny “helmet” on top of their naked heads distinguishes helmeted Guinea fowl. The head region is brightly pigmented with blue, red and yellow.
A large-bodied, small-headed, slaty-gray gamebird perfectly lined with rows of hundreds of white spots. The distinctive head sports a strange bone-like casque and naked warty facial skin, which is colored white, blue, or red depending on geographic location.
Learn about Helmeted Guineafowl (Domestic type): explore photos, sounds, and observations collected by birders around the world.
20 wrz 2022 · In Ceará, a reference in guinea fowl production in Brazil, there is a recipe made “na lata”(confit and stored “in a can”) with onion, bacon and manioc flour, which was originated by the need to preserve food during the long journeys undertaken by old-time cowboys.
Click here for more information about the Red List categories and criteria Justification of Red List category This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of ...
