Helmeted Guineafowl
A species of Guineafowl, Also known as Tufted Guineafowl, Assorted Guinea Package, Buff Guineas, Lavender Guineas, Porcelain Guineas, Slate Guineas Scientific name : Numida meleagris Genus : Guineafowl
Helmeted Guineafowl, A species of Guineafowl
Also known as:
Tufted Guineafowl, Assorted Guinea Package, Buff Guineas, Lavender Guineas, Porcelain Guineas, Slate Guineas
Botanical name: Numida meleagris
Genus: Guineafowl
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Description
Helmeted Guineafowls are large birds with featherless blue heads. They are native to open habitats in Africa, but in the U.S. they're kept in parks, farms, and backyards to combat and control ticks that are known to spread Lyme disease. In an effort to intimidate, the males will bristle their feathers, raise their wings, and run at their opponents while squawking and gaping at the beak. They are neither subtle in their behavior nor subtle in their looks.
Size
53 - 58 cm
Life Expectancy
12-15 years
Feeding Habits
Helmeted Guineafowl forages for food, consuming an omnivorous diet including seeds, fruits, vegetables, and small animals like snails, worms, and insects. With keen foraging skills, helmeted Guineafowl adapts to diverse food availability.
Habitat
Helmeted Guineafowl typically inhabits warm and relatively dry environments such as savannas, farmlands, and open woodlands with scattered vegetation. These birds prefer areas with a mix of natural habitats and cultivated lands, including forest edges, thorn scrub, steppe, and subdesert regions. They are often associated with places that provide easy access to drinking water, roosting sites like trees or bushes, and a diverse diet consisting of agricultural produce like maze and waste grain. Although they avoid intensely grazed territories, helmeted Guineafowl is known to thrive from sea level to elevations above 3000 meters and can be found congregating in large flocks around water sources.
Dite type
Omnivorous
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Behavior
This is a gregarious species, forming flocks outside the breeding season typically of about 25 birds that also roost communally. Guineafowl are particularly well-suited to consuming massive quantities of ticks, which might otherwise spread lyme disease. These birds are terrestrial, and prone to run rather than fly when alarmed. Like most gallinaceous birds, they have a short-lived explosive flight and rely on gliding to cover extended distances. 
Photo By Peter O'Connor aka anemoneprojectors , used under CC-BY-SA-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
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