Eastern Crested Guineafowl vs Helmeted Guineafowl

Guttera pucherani 비교 대상 Numida meleagris

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Eastern Crested Guineafowl Helmeted Guineafowl
학명 Guttera pucherani Numida meleagris
Galliformes Galliformes
Numididae Numididae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 53.7 cm (21.1 in) 50.8 cm (20.0 in)
체중 1153.6666666666667 g (40.69 oz) 1443.6 g (50.92 oz)
식성 Forages in East African forests and woodland edges for invertebrates, seeds, fallen fruits, and small … Omnivorous; forages in African savanna and woodland for insects, seeds, tubers, and small vertebrates. Scratches …
산란 수 4-5 6-12
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Eastern Crested Guineafowl only

없음

Helmeted Guineafowl only

Song & Call Comparison

Eastern Crested Guineafowl

노래

Emits a loud, raucous cackling call and guttural chuckling series. The raucous cackle carries through East African forest edge; similar in quality to Western Crested Guineafowl.

Helmeted Guineafowl

노래

Produces a repetitive, staccato buck-wheat or chi-chi-chi-CHREE call; flocks create a raucous, cackling chorus. The loud, machine-gun-like cackling alarm is unmistakable; flocks are exceptionally noisy on African savannas.

Geographic Range & Migration

Eastern Crested Guineafowl

Resident in East Africa from Kenya and Uganda south to Tanzania and Mozambique. Found in forest and dense woodland.

Helmeted Guineafowl

Resident across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to South Africa. Found in open woodland, savanna, and bush. Widely domesticated.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Eastern Crested Guineafowl

Least Concern

Helmeted Guineafowl

How to Tell Them Apart

Eastern Crested Guineafowl

깃털

Dark black body with dense white spotting; bare blue-grey and red facial skin with small wattles; curly black feathered crest on crown; slightly smaller crest than Western Crested. Very similar …

Helmeted Guineafowl

깃털

Dark grey to black body densely covered with small round white spots; bare blue-grey and red facial skin; prominent bony yellowish casque on crown; red-and-blue wattles. Spotted pattern is highly …

About These Birds

Eastern Crested Guineafowl

뿔뿔닭(Guttera pucherani)은 흰 반점 검은 깃털과 구불구불한 검은 볏을 지닌 약 1.2kg의 중대형 뿔닭과 조류다. 동아프리카 해안 삼림에 서식한다.

Helmeted Guineafowl

A large guineafowl (~1.4 kg) of family Numididae, with white-spotted grey-black plumage, a bony casque, and red and blue facial wattles. Native to sub-Saharan African grasslands and savannas; widely domesticated worldwide. Social, foraging in large flocks for seeds, insects, and small vertebrates. Least Concern; one of the world's most familiar gallinaceous birds, used as food and pest control.

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