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Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris · Family Numididae

Numida meleagris

Family Numididae

Order
Galliformes
Family
Numididae
GBIF occurrence records
503,820
Countries and territories with records
160
Helmeted Guineafowl
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About this species

This species has 503,820 occurrence records from 160 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (70.3%), Kenya (5.3%), Namibia (4.2%), Tanzania (3.2%) and Zimbabwe (2.3%); together they account for 85.3% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.89% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Numida meleagris combines the genus name Numida with the species epithet meleagris. It is the only species of the genus Numida in the Warbla app catalog.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 7 species of the family Numididae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 6.6 times the family average (76,852). The family Numididae belongs to the order Galliformes, which has 278 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the order Galliformes

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