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Numida meleagris Kruger National Park, South Africa 8a🐔

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SpeciesGalliformesNumididae
Birds

🐔Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Das Helmperlhuhn (Numida meleagris) ist der bekannteste Vertreter der Perlhuhnfamilie und die einzige Art der Gattung Numida. Das Verbreitungsgebiet ist Afrika südlich der Sahara mit Ausnahme der Regenwaldgebiete. Eingeführt wurde es unter anderem auf die Kapverden und die Karibischen Inseln, Südwest-Arabien und Madagaskar.

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≈ 1/48th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
1.3 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Helmeted Guineafowl

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
1.3 kg
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 1.3 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Tail length
0.14 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.25 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.03 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.07 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Gestation
27 days
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data quality: low

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 9
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Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Herbivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Woodland
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
1.3 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Helmeted Guineafowl yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderGalliformes
  5. ›familyNumididae
  6. ›genusNumida
  7. ›speciesNumida meleagris
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. orderGamebirds · Galliformes
  3. familyNumididae
  4. genusNumida
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. superorderGalloanserae
  11. orderGamebirds · Galliformes
  12. familyNumididae
  13. genusNumida
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In other languages
Helmperlhuhn (de), pintada (ca), perlička kropenatá (cs), Perlehøne (da), Numida meleagris (es), helmikana (fi) … and 26 more languages
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Numida meleagris Kruger National Park, South Africa 8aHelmeted guineafowl, South Luangwa National Park (51871737764)
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