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Numida meleagris
The Helmeted Guineafowl is a large (53–58 cm) bird with a round body and small head. They weigh about 1.3 kg. The body plumage is gray-black spangled with white. Like other guineafowl, this species has an unfeathered head, in this case decorated with a dull yellow or reddish bony knob, and red and blue patches of skin. The wings are short and rounded, and the tail is also short. Helmeted Guineafowl are great runners, and can walk 10 km and more in a day.
It breeds in Africa, mainly south of the Sahara, and has been widely introduced into the West Indies, Brazil, Australia and southern France. Seen at Nairobi National Park
Spotted on Jun 6, 2012
Submitted on Jun 23, 2012
39 Comments (1–25)
Thanks, Adarsha!
Adorable !
Thanks, Antonio, CoastalJHawk, Hunter and matimar1 - matimar1, it's really nice that you enjoy this spotting so much!
Wow! Incredible shots of an amazing bird!
This is a remarkable series! Thanks for sharing.
gorgeous Maria,you have becaming a super spotter,each spotting in your page is allways awesome,congratulations,we are your's fan's at home :) great work
Thanks again, everyone, for all your nice comments - they are much appreciated!
Lovely series and congrats with your achievement. We have hundreds of these guys at my home, they can make quite the racket.
Congrats on your SOTD! Well done!
Congratulations, Maria - very nice shots
Congratulations!
Beautiful Maria!
Congratulations!
Congratulations!!
Congratulations. Wonderful spotting.
Strange-looking bird, but very interesting! Congrats on your SOTD, Maria!
Congrats on the SOTD
congrats and lovely series !
Cute...
Congratulations Maria. Very nice series! Thanks for sharing this beautiful bird.
Congrats on your spotting of the day award Maria. Stunning series.
What a worthy winner Maria! The picture is stunning too. you are a bird expert and there are several that Yasser could have chosen. Thank you.
Congratulations Maria, this is a good sample of the wonderful photos you have posted in PN. Keep up the good work.
WOW! Amazing! Congratulations Maria. This is a beautiful and unique bird. I think most people haven't seen this before. Your images are great. Wonderful news.
What a lovely surprise! Thank you, Yasser, for choosing this spotting. There are so many wonderful photos and spottings on PNoah and this is an honor. And thanks for all the nice comments - I'm glad you enjoyed the photos of this unique bird.
Congratulations María! Great spotting and picture! What an amazing bird! Glad it walks and runs a lot and maybe does not fly because I imagine that - maybe - when spotting one, it is sort of nicer to face it for the first time while approaching it walking than having it just land in front of you... Congratulations once more and thank you for sharing your beautiful pictures from which we learn a lot about our planet´s biodiversity too =)