Guineafowl, Helmeted 


Helmeted Guineafowl - Numida meleagris galeatus
Senegal - December 2018

This subspecies of Helmeted Guineafowl is sometimes called the West African Guineafowl.  There are nine subspecies of Helmeted Guineafowl.  The range of this species extends from west Africa to southern Chad, the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Angola.  The framegrabs shown here are from a recording made in Senegal during December 2018 - video link.



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