#NUMIDA MELEAGRIS

[snototter]

A helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) on watch in Kruger National Park, South Africa

by Bernard Dupont

[nightmare-birds]

Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)

© Garret Skead

[birdblues]

Helmeted Guineafowl

[gergarnero]

GALLINA DE GUINEA

NUMIDA MELEAGRIS NOMBRE CIENTÍFICO: NUMIDA MELEAGRIS LONGITUD: 55 CM. PESO: 1 A 1,5 KILOS. PLUMAJE: IGUAL PARA AMBOS SEXOS. MIGRACIÓN: NO MIGRATORIO. ESTADO: COMÚN A NIVEL LOCAL. UBICACIÓN: ÁFRICA ( SUR DEL SAHARA ) DOMESTICADA HACE MUCHO TIEMPO COMO FUENTE DE ALIMENTO, ÉSTA ES UN AVE DE CAZA QUE FORMAN BANDADAS, CUYO HÁBITAT NATURAL ES LA TIERRA DE PASTOREO ABIERTA DE ÁFRICA TROPICAL. SUS…

[captious-solarian]

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Guinea fowls are a family containing 4 genera, with a total of 6–8 species. All species are native to Africa.

Only one species has been domesticated, the helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris), which ranges all over Africa.

Wild helmeted guinea fowl in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo by Tommy Pedersen, 2017.

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are you writing this from 1905

[herpsandbirds]

any birds from Gabon? (Might have asked already, sorry!)

Oh yes, Here are some birds for you which you can find in Gabon!

Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata), family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes, found widely across central Africa

Photos:  Frankie Low & Lawrence Neo

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), family Scopidae, order Pelicaniformes, Ethiopia

The taxonomic affinities of this bird have been greatly debated over the years, and is now believed to be in the Pelecaniformes.

This is the only bird in this family.

Their closest relative is the Shoebill.

photograph by Bob Harvey

Little Bee-eaters (Merops pusillus), family Meropidae, order Coraciiformes, found in much of Sub-Saharan Africa

photograph by Scott Jorgensen

Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), family Gruidae, order Gruiformes

photograph by Charles J. Sharp

Grey-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes oreas), family Picathartidae, order Passeriformes

photograph by Paul van Giersbergen

Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris), family Numididae, order Galliformes

photograph by Cihaner Ozturk

African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, found in much of Sub-Saharan Africa

photograph by Hugh Chittenden

Buff-spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura elegans), family Sarothruridae, order Gruiformes

Photograph by Tong Mu

[historicalbookimages]

🐔 Birds of the world for young people, . New York, F.A. Stokes Company[1909]. Original source Image description: Illustration from 1909 showing four birds related to chickens: a Guinea-fowl (Numida meleagris) with spotted gray plumage and a bare face, a large Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) with iridescent brown feathers and red wattles, a Domestic Cock with bright red comb, wattles, and dark multicolored plumage, and a Domestic Hen with brown feathers standing near a wooden structure. Each bird is carefully detailed to show distinct features and labeled with scientific names. The background is minimal with hints of grass and ground.

[antiqueanimals]

Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)

Part of a collection of watercolors by "M. Rabié" for St. Domingue Oiseaux. Dated 1766.

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[arkiwii]

Got another bird ask coming your way. Do you think Perlica from Endfield is a Liberi? I see some people draw what I see as feathers in her hair as ears. I personally think she's a pretty safe bet for a Liberi, considering what comes up when you google Perlica (apparently the polish name for guinea fowl).

especially ones with colors like this, for the feathers that is. Numida meleagris, taken from https://hawaiibirdingtrails.hawaii.gov/bird/helmeted-guineafowl-domestic-type/

I haven't really checked that much into Endfield yet because I'm not really interested (and will never be able to play the game with my toaster of a computer)

There's apparently no other meaning to Perlica other than the polish name for the guineafowls, and it wouldn't be surprising for a character to be named after the genus or the name for the animal they're based on (Ptilopsis being the scientist name for northen white faced owl, for example)

But I have to say the plumicorns are weird, it really gives owls vibes (afaik, only Silence, Ptilopsis and Cronin (likely based on an owl) have plumicorns), which, well, only horned owls have plumicorns. And guineafowls do NOT have them. it doesn't ressemble the wing ears like Passenger or Irene have, so it's strange.

But she doesn't show other racial traits, she doesn't seem to have a tail or slit pupils like a Feline, and her plumicorns really do like feathers/fur rather than ears.

As for guineafowl, while I see the name, the ressemblance is... It's far from it. Which I'd find disappointing because I LOVE guineafowls feathers, they're seriously beautiful

Making a character based on one without those patterns is a waste and I am angry at whoever designed her!! /hj

[luamaraluz]

Galinha d'Angola (Numida meleagris), originária da África e introduzida no Brasil pelos colonizadores portugueses. São aves extremamente agitadas e nervosas, vivem em bandos e são organizadas em grupos, tendo um líder que vigia enquanto seus companheiros comem. Rústicas e fáceis de criar, porém tem o costume de esconder muito bem seus ninhos. São lindas, com a plumagem vistosa cheia de pintinhas brancas. Uma graça

[arthistoryanimalia]

#MosaicMonday:

Anicent Roman mosaic, 1st c. CE, Pushkin Museum collection.

🆔 Top = probably an Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria), native to Asia. Bottom = Domesticated Guineafowl, derived from the Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris), native to Africa. (Both birds known in Europe since Ancient Greek times.)

[charring58]

The #helmetedguineafowl (Numida meleagris) is the best known of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus

[neste-uganda-safaris]

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.

[ramshacklefey]

Because before the English encountered New World turkeys (meleagris gallopavo), they had imported guinea fowl (numida meleagris), and they called those turkeys. N. meleagris is indigenous to the African continent and was imported to Europe through Turkey.

M. gallopavo were mistaken for a species of N. meleagris when they first got brought to Europe, so they were called turkeys too.

[fyanimaldiversity]

Subspecies of helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)

West African N. m. galeatus [x]

Ethiopian N. m. meleagris [x]

Reichenow’s N. m. reichenowi [x]

Tufted N. m. mitratus [x]

[nightmare-birds]

Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)

© Dubi Shapiro