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Helmeted guineafowl
Specimen in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Specimen in the Kruger National Park, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Galliformes
Family:
Numididae
Genus:
Numida Linnaeus, 1764
Species:
N. meleagris
Binomial name
Numida meleagris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Natural range. Introduced to Western Cape, Madagascar and elsewhere.
Synonyms
Phasianus meleagrisLinnaeus, 1758
Crax meleagrisLinnaeus, 1758
Eggs of Numida meleagrisCalls of domesticated hensKeet
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.
^BirdLife International (2018). "Numida meleagris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22679555A132052202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22679555A132052202.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^"Tô-fraco, galinha d'angola, capota ou cocá? Ave conquistou o campo". Compre Rural. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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