Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris - Pintade de Numidie

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Numididés

  • Genus
    :

    Numida

  • Species
    :

    meleagris

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 63 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 95 à 100 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1135 à 1823 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Pintade de Numidie
adult
Pintade de Numidie
immature

Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) is a species of bird in the Numididae family.

Subspecific information 9 subspecies

  • Numida meleagris meleagris (e Chad to w Ethiopia, n Kenya, Uganda and n DRCongo)
  • Numida meleagris sabyi (nw Morocco)
  • Numida meleagris galeatus (w Africa to s Chad and n Angola)
  • Numida meleagris somaliensis (ne Ethiopia, Somalia)
  • Numida meleagris reichenowi (Kenya to c Tanzania)
  • Numida meleagris mitratus (Tanzania to Mozambique, Zambia and Botswana)
  • Numida meleagris marungensis (s DRCongo to w Angola and Zambia)
  • Numida meleagris papillosus (Botswana, Namibia)
  • Numida meleagris coronatus (e South Africa)

Foreign names

  • Pintade de Numidie,
  • Pintada común,
  • pintada-comum,
  • Helmperlhuhn,
  • sisakos gyöngytyúk,
  • Helmparelhoen,
  • Faraona,
  • hjälmpärlhöna,
  • Hjelmperlehøne,
  • perlička prilbatá,
  • perlička kropenatá,
  • Perlehøne,
  • helmikana,
  • Gewone Tarentaal,
  • pintada comuna,
  • Perluhæna,
  • perlica (zwyczajna),
  • parastā pērļvista,
  • pegatka,
  • Обыкновенная цесарка,
  • ホロホロチョウ,
  • 珠鸡,
  • 普通珠雞,

Voice song and cries

Pintade de Numidie
adult

Habitat

Pintade de Numidie
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Desert : Hot ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 12-06-2005
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