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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. While modern guineafowl species are endemic to Africa, the helmeted guineafowl has been introduced as a domesticated bird widely elsewhere. Some species of guineafowl, like the vulturine, may go without drinking water for extended periods, instead sourcing their moisture from their food. Meleagridinae turkeys Perdicinae Phasianinae pheasants and relatives Tetraoninae. Helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris. Their breast muscles are dark, enabling them [ clarification needed ] to sustain themselves in flight for considerable distances if hard-pressed.

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Their breast muscles are dark, enabling them [ clarification needed ] to sustain themselves in flight for considerable distances if hard-pressed.

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Origin of birds Origin of flight Evolution of birds Darwin's finches Seabirds. Guineafowl meat is drier enhrki leaner than chicken meat and has a gamey flavour.

Agelastes Numida Guttera Acryllium. Archaeopteryx Omnivoropterygiformes Confuciusornithiformes Enantiornithes Chaoyangiiformes Patagopterygiformes Ambiortiformes Songlingornithiformes Gansuiformes Ichthyornithiformes Hesperornithes Lithornithiformes Dinornithiformes Aepyornithiformes Gastornithiformes. Guinea hens weigh more than guinea cocks, possibly because of the larger reproductive organs in the female compared to the male guinea fowl.

Views Read Edit View history. Grass and bush fires are a constant threat to these galliformes and flight is the most effective escape. Retrieved from " https: They are endemic to Africa and rank among the oldest of the gallinaceous birds.

Guineafowl species are found across sub-Saharan Africasome almost in the entire range, others more localized, such as the plumed guineafowl in west-central Africa and the vulturine guineafowl in north-east Africa.

An Eocene fossil lineage, Telecrexhas been associated with guineafowl. Also, the presence of relatively larger egg clusters in the dual purpose guinea hens may be a factor that contributes to the higher body weight of the guinea hens.

Some species of guineafowl, like the vulturine, may go without drinking water for extended periods, instead sourcing their moisture from their food.

This page was last edited on 29 Julyat While modern guineafowl species are endemic to Africa, the helmeted guineafowl has been introduced as a domesticated bird widely elsewhere. Wild guineafowl are strong flyers.

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Each sex has a different call which can be used to differentiate between female and male. Most species of guineafowl have a dark grey or blackish plumage [3] with dense white spots, but both members of the genus Agelastes lack the spots. Cuculiformes cuckoos Musophagiformes turacos Otidiformes bustards. The helmeted guinea fowl has been introduced in East Africathe West Indiesthe United StatesBritainand Indiawhere it is raised as food or pets.

Cracidae Cracinae Oreophasinae Penelopinae. Telecrex inhabited Mongoliaand may have given rise to the oldest of the true Phasianids such as Ithaginis and Crossoptilonwhich evolved into high-altitude montane-adapted species with the rise of the Tibetan Plateau. Caprimulgiformes nightjars and relatives Steatornithiformes Podargiformes Apodiformes swifts and hummingbirds. They pluck maggots from carcasses and manure.

Meleagridinae turkeys Perdicinae Phasianinae pheasants and relatives Tetraoninae.

Guineafowl

Phylogeneticallythey branch off from the core Galliformes after the Cracidae and before the Odontophoridae. While several species are relatively well known, the plumed guineafowl and the two members of the genus Agelastes remain relatively poorly known. Some perch high on treetops. It has marginally more protein than chicken or turkeyroughly half the fat of chicken and slightly fewer calories per gram.

Acryllium Agelastes Guttera Numida. Helmeted guineafowl in Namibia.

Vulturine guineafowlAcryllium vulturinum. Helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris.