Helmeted guineafowl
The helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) is the best known of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus Numida. It is native to Africa, mainly south of the Sahara, and has been widely introduced, as a domesticated species, into the West Indies, North America, Colombia, Brazil, Australia and Europe.
| Helmeted guineafowl | |
|---|---|
| Specimen in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania | |
| Specimen in the Kruger National Park, South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Numididae |
| Genus: | Numida Linnaeus, 1764 |
| Species: | N. meleagris |
| Binomial name | |
| Numida meleagris | |
| Natural range. Introduced to Western Cape, Madagascar and elsewhere. | |
| Synonyms | |
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