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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A bird walking, feeding, and then running Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp meleagris)
Brooke Clibbon 22 December 2002 5 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 5 years ago 41 sec 4.6 -
An adult in a group, feeding Locality Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia (ssp meleagris)
Josep del Hoyo 17 December 2005 5 years ago 26 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 6 years ago 32 sec 4.4 -
A group of adults and juveniles, feeding and preening Locality Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia (ssp meleagris)
Josep del Hoyo 17 December 2005 5 years ago 32 sec 4.4 -
An adult amongst juveniles, preening Locality Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia (ssp meleagris)
Josep del Hoyo 17 December 2005 5 years ago 39 sec 4.1
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Adult feeding on the lawn in the gardens.
Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Martin Flack 30 October 2011 10 weeks ago 4 -
Close-up of a standing bird.
Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
Ken Havard 13 February 2006 1 year ago 3.9 -
Group 2
Locality Tanzania (ssp reichenowi )
Antoni Fraguas 1 November 2010 7 weeks ago 3.8 -
Birds feeding on the lawn
Locality Gauteng Province, South Africa
ossewa 31 July 2011 9 weeks ago 3.8 -
Adult feeding on the lawn in the gardens.
Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Martin Flack 30 October 2011 10 weeks ago 3.7 -
On the ground
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 14 February 2010 1 year ago 3.7
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Several birds flushing. 6:55am Locality Avis Dam, Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
(ssp damarensis)
Charles Hesse 11 November 2009 2 years ago 4
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