Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758)

≈50 cmLength1.3 kgWeight

It is native to sub-Saharan Africa and introduced to the West Indies, North America and elsewhere.

Busiest months: November · Most records: South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania

Least Concern

How to identify

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: November · Most records: South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania

Helmeted Guineafowl has been recorded at 681 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 72 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Nairobi NPKenya2,100 records
Kirstenbosch Botanical GardenSouth Africa2,019 records
Lake Samsonvale – Golds Scrub LaneAustralia1,819 records

More places

Strandfontein WTPSouth Africa1,314 records
Lake Nakuru NPKenya1,262 records
Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ngorongoro CraterTanzania1,204 records
Tarangire NPTanzania1,119 records
Rietvlei NRSouth Africa1,103 records
Amboseli NPKenya908 records
Serengeti NPTanzania786 records

Countries and regions with the most records

South Africa Kenya Tanzania Uganda Namibia Botswana Australia Zimbabwe

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) is the best known of the guinea fowl 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.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · authors · Read more on Wikipedia