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Vulturine guineafowl
Individual at Samburu National Reserve
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Galliformes
Family:
Numididae
Genus:
Acryllium Gray, GR, 1840
Species:
A. vulturinum
Binomial name
Acryllium vulturinum
(Hardwicke, 1834)
The vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) is the largest extant species of guineafowl. Systematically, it is only distantly related to other guineafowl genera. Its closest living relative, the white breasted guineafowl, Agelastes meleagrides inhabit primary forests in Central Africa. It is a member of the bird family Numididae, and is the only member of the genus Acryllium. It is a resident breeder in northeast Africa, from southern Ethiopia through Kenya and just into northern Tanzania.
^BirdLife International (2016). "Acryllium vulturinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679572A92819650. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679572A92819650.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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