Helmeted guinea fowl
| Helmeted guinea fowl | |
|---|---|
| Specimen in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania | |
| Specimen in the Kruger National Park, South Africa | |
| 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 | |
| IUCN range (2018)
Extant (resident)
Extant and introduced (resident)
Possibly extinct & reintroduced
Introduced to Western Cape, Madagascar and elsewhere. | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.