Vulturine Guineafowl

Scientific Name: Acryllium vulturinum

Range / Habitat: Year-round in dry savannah and shrubland of east Africa.

Field Notes: Unmistakable in range as above. The largest of all guineafowl.

Personal Notes: Seen at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge.

Helmeted Guineafowl

Scientific Name: Numida meleagris

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....