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Helmeted Guinea fowl

Numida meleagris

Photo by KarenSaxton
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Description:

The most common of the guinea fowl species, it was originally confused (by European colonists) with the N American turkey hence the latin name "meleagris"

Habitat:

Tarangire, hunting near a termite mound

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