Numida meleagris

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Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,950 meters (0 to 6,398 feet).[1]

Biology

Diet

[Migration]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Aug-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Numida

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 55 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. cornuta · N. coronata · N. coronata marungensis · N. cristata · N. edouardi · N. frommi · N. galeata · N. galeata marchei · N. intermedia · N. marchei · N. marungensis · N. meleagris (West African Guineafowl) · N. meleagris bannermani · N. meleagris blancoui · N. meleagris bodalyae · N. meleagris callewaerti (Kasai Helmeted Guineafowl) · N. meleagris coronata · N. meleagris coronatus (Katanga Helmet-Guineafowl) · N. meleagris damarensis · N. meleagris galeata · N. meleagris galeatus (Ankoli Helmet-Guineafowl) · N. meleagris intermedius · N. meleagris macroceras (Erlanger's Helmeted Guineafowl) · N. meleagris major · N. meleagris marchei (Gabon Helmeted Guineafowl) · N. meleagris marungensis (Angola Helmeted Guineafowl) · N. meleagris maximus (Huambo Helmeted Guineafowl) · N. meleagris meleagris (Ankoli Helmeted Guineafowl) · N. meleagris mitrata (Helmeted Guinea Fowl) · N. meleagris mitratus (Helmeted Guineafowl) · N. meleagris mulondensis · N. meleagris papillosus · N. meleagris reichenowi (East African Helmet Guineafowl) · N. meleagris rikwae · N. meleagris sabyi (Moroccan Helmeted Guineafowl) · N. meleagris somaliensis (Somali Tufted Guineafowl) · N. meleagris ssp · N. meleagris strasseni (Strassen's Helmeted Guineafowl) · N. meleagris toruensis · N. meleagris uhehensis · N. mitrata · N. mitrata intermedia · N. papillosa · N. plumifera · N. ptilorhyncha · N. ptilorhyncha macroceras · N. ptilorhyncha major · N. ptilorhyncha toruensis · N. ptilorhyncha var. major · N. pucherani · N. reichenowi · N. rendalli · N. sabyi · N. strasseni · N. vulturina

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 19 providers.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

• Avian Knowledge Network, Project FeederWatch
• Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
• BeBIF Provider, Royal Museum of Central Africa - Albertian Rift Birds
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Ornithology Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• New Brunswick Museum, NBM birds
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854614
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176127 ITS-677563
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13533439
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176127
• IUCN ID: 47094
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 141531

Footnotes

1. Mean = 393.010 meters (1,289.403 feet), Standard Deviation = 688.040 based on 159 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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