Helmeted guinea fowl: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the helmeted guinea fowl lives – recorded in 32 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Numida meleagris
Group	Pheasants, grouse & game birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	32 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Mass	39.4 g (birth weight); 1.59 kg (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Galliformes
Family	Numididae

Where does the helmeted guinea fowl live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the helmeted guinea fowl in 32 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa. In United Arab Emirates, Australia, Cape Verde, United Kingdom, New Zealand it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a helmeted guinea fowl?

Wikidata records the following for the helmeted guinea fowl: mass 39.4 g (birth weight); 1.59 kg (adult weight).

Is the helmeted guinea fowl endangered?

The helmeted guinea fowl’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the helmeted guinea fowl?

The helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) is a bird in the order Galliformes and the family Numididae, genus Numida. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the helmeted guinea fowl

The helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) is the best known of the guinea fowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus Numida. It is native to Africa, mainly south of the Sahara, and has been widely introduced, as a domesticated species, into the West Indies, North America, Colombia, Brazil, Australia and Europe.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Helmeted guinea fowl (revision 1380568998), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q251842 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).