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Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

The Helmeted Guineafowl is a funny-looking bird with a bumpy head and spotted feathers. They love to run around and make silly sounds, often seen in groups in the grass.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Helmeted Guineafowl is a plump, dark grey bird covered in distinctive white spots. It has an unfeathered bluish-red head topped with a bony brown 'helmet' and red wattles. This unique head structure makes it easily recognizable.

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Helmeted Guineafowl
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Helmeted Guineafowl

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Farmers often keep these birds to gobble up pesky ticks and insects!

Guineafowl are like natural alarm clocks with their very loud, cackling calls!

Their unique bony 'helmet' grows larger and more pronounced as they get older!

These social birds live in large flocks, sometimes with hundreds of members!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Alarm Caller

Helmeted Guineafowl can make very loud, repetitive calls that alert the whole flock to danger.

Fähigkeit

Pest Patrol

Helmeted Guineafowl has an excellent ability to forage and eat large numbers of ticks and insects.

Fähigkeit

Dust Bath Defender

Helmeted Guineafowl takes frequent dust baths that help them remove parasites from their feathers.

Maße und Details

Länge
53-58 cm
Flügelspannweite
90-100 cm
Gewicht
1.1-1.6 kg
Lebenserwartung
6-8 Jahre
Top Speed
48 km/h
Gelegegröße
6-20
Brutzeit
26-28 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

Omnivores, they forage for a wide variety of seeds, insects, and plant parts on the ground.

Hauptnahrung

  • Seeds
  • Insects (locusts, grasshoppers, ticks)
  • Tubers
  • Berries
  • Small vertebrates (lizards, mice)

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Lion

Panthera leo

Large predators hunt guineafowl for food.

eaten by

Tawny Eagle

Aquila rapax

Raptors can catch young or unwary birds.

hunts

Migratory Locust

Locusta migratoria

Feeds on large numbers of insect pests.

depends on

Gum Arabic Tree

Acacia senegal

Feeds on seeds and shelters in acacia trees.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Watch from a distance and don't try to catch them; they are wild birds.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Helmeted Guineafowl?

53-58 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Helmeted Guineafowl?

90-100 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Helmeted Guineafowl?

1.1-1.6 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Helmeted Guineafowl?

6-8 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Helmeted Guineafowl?

48 km/h

Was frisst Helmeted Guineafowl?

Omnivores, they forage for a wide variety of seeds, insects, and plant parts on the ground.

Wo findet man Helmeted Guineafowl normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Helmeted Guineafowl?

Foraging

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