Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

The Helmeted Guineafowl is the best known of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus "Numida". It breeds in Africa, mainly south of the Sahara, and has been widely introduced into the West Indies, Brazil, Australia and southern France.
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Naming

There are nine recognized subspecies:
⤷  "N. m. coronatus" - Natal Helmeted Guineafowl - eastern South Africa
⤷  "N. m. galeatus" - West African Guineafowl - western Africa to southern Chad, central Zaire, and northern Angola
⤷  "N. m. marungensis" - Marungu Helmeted Guineafowl - south Congo Basin to western Angola and Zambia
⤷  "N. m. meleagris " - Saharan Helmeted Guineafowl - eastern Chad to Ethiopia, northern Zaire, Uganda and northern Kenya
⤷  "N. m. mitratus" - Tufted Guineafowl - Tanzania to eastern Mozambique, Zambia, and northern Botswana
⤷  "N. m. papilosus" - Damara Helmeted Guineafowl - southern Angola to Botswana and Namibia
⤷  "N. m. reichenowi" - Reichenow's Helmeted Guineafowl - Kenya and central Tanzania
⤷  "N. m. sabyi" - Saby's Helmeted Guineafowl - northwestern Morocco
⤷  "N. m. somaliensis" - Somali Tufted Guineafowl - northeastern Ethiopia and Somalia

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