Guinea fowl

The guinea fowls are Oiseau X of farmyard about the galliformes, originating in Africa, with the dark plumage dotted of white, which nourish seeds.

Description

They are terrestrial birds dodus, of intermediate size (from 40 to 72 cm), with small head cornea and short and hanging tail. Broad zones of naked skin decorate the neck and the head; the majority of the species carry a peak or an ossified helmet.

The common Guinea fowl, Numida meleagris , has a peak cornea on the head and of let us barbillons red. It is high for its flesh, mainly in France, first guinea fowl producer country, where it is regarded as domestic. It is originating in Africa where it lives in a wild state on the major part of the continent. Populations férales (turned over at the wild state) exist on the island of Haiti, in the the Caribbean.

This gallinacé is omnivorous; it nourishes greenery, bays, seeds, insects and small animals (mouse, frogs…).

The guinea fowl lays in the neighborhoods from 12 to 15 eggs. At the end of 23 to 24 days of incubation, the blossoming takes place. The two parents take part in the breeding of the pintadeaux one.

Habitat

The guinea fowls live in Africa, in the South of the the Sahara, where they occupy a broad variety of habitats, since the dense rain forest to the semi-desert.

List species

Guinea fowl with white chest, Agelastes meleagrides , White-breasted Guineafowl
black Guinea fowl, Agelastes Niger , Black Guineafowl
Guinea fowl of Numidie, Numida meleagris , Helmeted Guineafowl
Guinea fowl plumifère, Guttera will plumifera , Plumed Guineafowl
crested Pintade, Guttera pucherani , Crested Guineafowl
vulturine Pintade, Acryllium vulturinum , Vulturine Guineafowl
grotesque Pintade, Agelastes Divio , Michele Bouveau Guineafowl

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