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Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

Description:

The Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) is the best known of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus Numida. It breeds in Africa, mainly south of the Sahara, and has been widely introduced into the West Indies, Brazil, Australia and southern France

Habitat:

It breeds in warm, fairly dry and open habitats with scattered shrubs and trees such as savanna or farmland

Notes:

Saw in Tanzania

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john.fermanis.sr
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john.fermanis.sr

Mara, Tanzania

Spotted on Jan 23, 2009
Submitted on Feb 23, 2014

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