Guineafowl (Numididae)
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) - HBW 2, p. 565
French: Pintade de Numidie
German: Helmperlhuhn
Spanish: Pintada Común
Other common names: West African/Grey-breasted Guineafowl (galeata); Tufted Guineafowl (mitrata); Reichenow's Guineafowl (reichenowi)
Taxonomy: Phasianus meleagris Linnaeus, 1758, upper Nile, Nubia, Sudan.
Races galeata and mitrata sometimes considered separate species; also, though less frequently, reichenowi. Over 30 races described: traditional races marchei, callewaerti and blancoui now included in galeata; major, inermis, omoensis, macroceras, neumanni, toruensis, intermedia and uhehensis included in meleagris; ansorgei included in reichenowi; maxima, frommi, rikwae and bodalyae included in marungensis; papillosa included i.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Phasianus meleagris Linnaeus, 1758, upper Nile, Nubia, Sudan.
Races galeata and mitrata sometimes considered separate species; also, though less frequently, reichenowi. Over 30 races described: traditional races marchei, callewaerti and blancoui now included in galeata; major, inermis, omoensis, macroceras, neumanni, toruensis, intermedia and uhehensis included in meleagris; ansorgei included in reichenowi; maxima, frommi, rikwae and bodalyae included in marungensis; papillosa included in damarensis; and transvaalensis and limpopoensis included in coronata. Nine subspecies currently recognized.
Races galeata and mitrata sometimes considered separate species; also, though less frequently, reichenowi. Over 30 races described: traditional races marchei, callewaerti and blancoui now included in galeata; major, inermis, omoensis, macroceras, neumanni, toruensis, intermedia and uhehensis included in meleagris; ansorgei included in reichenowi; maxima, frommi, rikwae and bodalyae included in marungensis; papillosa included in damarensis; and transvaalensis and limpopoensis included in coronata. Nine subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sabyi Hartert, 1919 - NW Morocco, between R Oum er Rbia and R Sebou.
- galeata Pallas, 1767 - W Africa, E to S Chad and S to C Zaire and N Angola.
- meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) - E Chad E to Ethiopia, and S to N Zaire, Uganda and N Kenya.
- sabyi Hartert, 1919 - NW Morocco, between R Oum er Rbia and R Sebou.
- galeata Pallas, 1767 - W Africa, E to S Chad and S to C Zaire and N Angola.
- meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) - E Chad E to Ethiopia, and S to N Zaire, Uganda and N Kenya.
- somaliensis Neumann, 1899 - NE Ethiopia and Somalia.
- reichenowi Ogilvie Grant, 1894 - Kenya and C Tanzania.
- mitrata Pallas, 1767 - W & E Tanzania S to E Mozambique, and W through Zambia and Zimbabwe to S Angola and N Botswana; Zanzibar and Tumbatu I.
- marungensis Schalow, 1884 - S Congo Basin S to W Angola, and E in Zambezi Basin to Luangwa Valley, Zambia.
- damarensis Roberts, 1917 - S Angola to Botswana and Namibia.
- coronata Gurney, 1868 - E South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult walking and foraging on the savanna. Locality Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania (ssp reichenowi)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 17 February 2012 38 weeks ago 34 sec 4.8 -
Two birds foraging on the savanna. Locality Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania (ssp reichenowi)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 17 February 2012 38 weeks ago 31 sec 4.8 -
A bird walking, feeding, and then running Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp meleagris)
Brooke Clibbon 22 December 2002 7 years ago 13 sec 4.6 -
A group of adults and juveniles, walking Locality Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia (ssp meleagris)
Josep del Hoyo 17 December 2005 6 years ago 42 sec 4.6 -
A group going to drink to a waterhole used by hoofed mammals Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Josep del Hoyo 20 July 1998 6 years ago 32 sec 4.5 -
Two birds alert, in front of two black-backed jackals Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (ssp reichenowi)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 7 years ago 32 sec 4.4
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Two Birds near a little creek.
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
Cindywutsch 10 September 2012 12 weeks ago 4.4 -
A bird on the ground...
Locality Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 27 March 2012 1 year ago 4.2 -
Bird , picking some seeds
Locality Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
Cindywutsch 7 September 2012 7 weeks ago 4 -
An adult standing in a field.
Locality Bogol Manyo, Genale Valley, Ethiopia (ssp meleagris)
David Beadle 25 January 2009 17 weeks ago 4 -
in a flock of many chased by a wild cat
Locality Bilen Lodge, Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Marco Valentini 29 December 2012 17 weeks ago 4 -
3 juveniles foraging.
Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp reichenowi)
David Valentin 26 May 2012 18 weeks ago 4
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Series of calls made by a single bird in a paddock
Locality Cotswold Wildlife Park, Burford, Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain
Joe Angseesing 18 April 2009 8 weeks ago 5 -
Several birds flushing. 6:55am Locality Avis Dam, Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
(ssp damarensis)
Charles Hesse 11 November 2009 3 years ago 4
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