Helmeted Guineafowl Photograph by Donna Kennedy

Helmeted Guineafowl

by Donna Kennedy

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Title

Helmeted Guineafowl

Artist

Donna Kennedy

Medium

Photograph - Photographs

Description

Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy
Texture added for an artistic enhancement...
Photographed in Reno, Nevada

Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
The guinea fowl is a large wild bird that is natively found inhabiting a variety of habitats across the African continent. Today, it has been introduced to various countries around the world as it is farmed by humans. The bodies of guinea fowl are covered in gray feathers with tiny white spots, but their heads are small and featherless. The guinea fowl is a ground-nesting bird and spends much of its time scratching around on the ground in search for something to eat. Besides capturing their own food, guinea fowl on farms are usually given such food as basic chicken feed, scratch grains, chopped corn, and millet. Their noisy nature makes guinea fowl excellent “guard birds,” warning chickens and other barnyard fowl when hawks, owls, raccoons, or other enemies intrude into the area. Guinea fowl are quick to defend themselves and their young by pecking, scratching, and flapping their wings at enemies.
A male and female guinea fowl are normally monogamous—which means that they pair with each other for life and mate with no other individuals. The female usually lays a clutch of 12 to 15 small dark eggs in a nest scratched into the ground, which may be hidden among a clump of weeds or some other cover. Some clutches may contain as many as 30 eggs. The eggs are incubated by the hen for about 26 or 28 days before the young birds, called “keets,” hatch. Both parents take care of the keets.
The average lifespan of a guinea fowl is approximately 10 to 15 years.

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