Helmeted guinea fowl

Species of bird Helmeted guinea fowl N. m. mitratus, in Kruger National Park, South Africa Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Numididae Genus: NumidaLinnaeus, 1764 Species: N. meleagris Binomial name Numida meleagris(Linnaeus, 1758) IUCN range (2018) Extant (resident) Extant and introduced (resident) Possibly extinct & reintroduced Introduced to Western Cape, Madagascar and elsewhere. Synonyms Phasianus meleagris Linnaeus, 1758 Crax meleagris Linnaeus, 1758 Calls of domesticated hens 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. Taxonomy The helmeted guinea fowl was formally described by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Phasianus meleagris. In 1764, Linnaeus moved the helmeted guinea fowl to the new genus Numida. The