Western Crested Guineafowl vs Helmeted Guineafowl

Guttera verreauxi 비교 대상 Numida meleagris

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Western Crested Guineafowl Helmeted Guineafowl
학명 Guttera verreauxi Numida meleagris
Galliformes Galliformes
Numididae Numididae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 54.3 cm (21.4 in) 50.8 cm (20.0 in)
체중 1035.0 g (36.51 oz) 1443.6 g (50.92 oz)
식성 Omnivorous; forages in West African forests and savanna for invertebrates, seeds, and small fruits. Scratches … Omnivorous; forages in African savanna and woodland for insects, seeds, tubers, and small vertebrates. Scratches …
산란 수 4-5 6-12
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Western Crested Guineafowl only

없음

Helmeted Guineafowl only

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Song & Call Comparison

Western Crested Guineafowl

노래

Produces a loud, raucous cackling call and guttural chuckling notes. The raucous cackling call echoes through West African forest edge and gallery forest; slightly lower than Eastern Crested.

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Western Crested Guineafowl

Resident in West Africa from Côte d'Ivoire to Nigeria. Found in forest, forest-savanna mosaic, and secondary growth.

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.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Western Crested Guineafowl

Least Concern

Helmeted Guineafowl

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How to Tell Them Apart

Western Crested Guineafowl

깃털

Dark grey-black body densely spotted white; bare blue-grey and red facial skin; distinctive curly black crest on crown; facial skin turquoise-blue; red wattles. Black curly crest separates from Helmeted Guineafowl.

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 …

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About These Birds

Western Crested Guineafowl

베로의뿔닭(Guttera verreauxi)은 반점 흑백 깃털과 구불구불한 볏을 지닌 약 1kg의 중대형 뿔닭과 조류다. 서아프리카 삼림 서식지에 분포한다.

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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