Range / Habitat: Year-round in open areas throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Has been introduced into West Indies, Brazil, Australia and southern France.
Field Notes: Plump, fowl-like bird with very short tail. Body black with white speckling. Head and neck featherless, with bare skin blue to bluish white. Characteristic horn-colored bony casque and variety of red facial appendages.
Personal Notes: First seen in captivity in Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake City, later photographed at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida. Still waiting to see these birds in the wild....
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