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Guinea Fowl Feather

Numididae

Description:

White Spotted black feather

Habitat:

Georgia suburbs

1 Species ID Suggestions

alin
alin 12 years ago
Guinea Fowl Feather
Numididae Guineafowl


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5 Comments

FeatherEnthusiast
FeatherEnthusiast 6 years ago

There is a fair amount of variation between different guinea fowl feathers, alin; depending on the part of the bird, spots may be larger or smaller. It's usually safe to assume that any black and white polka dotted feather is a guinea fowl feather(there are also lighter gray variations). And Walter, I think the guinea fowl feather could have ended up in Atlanta either from someone's craft project(they are sold commonly in craft stores) or perhaps someone owns a guinea fowl in the city.

Walter3
Walter3 11 years ago

Guinea fowl in Atlanta, GA?

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Alin is right!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Very nice!
Welcome to Project Noah Walter!

alin
alin 12 years ago

What a lovely feather. I really like the pattern.
Hmm, my suggestion may not be entirely correct as some photos of the Guinea Fowl feather looks slightly different. I hope it helps!

Walter3
Spotted by
Walter3

Georgia, USA

Spotted on Feb 5, 2012
Submitted on Feb 6, 2012

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