helmeted guineafowl (numida meleagris) foraging on a farm house : (pix sanjiv shukla)

africa america arthropod australia bare beak beetle bird black blue body bony call casque claw communally corn domesticated dry europe facial family farmland feather flock fly fowl gallinaceous grassland gray-black gregarious ground guineafowl habitat head heavy helmet helmeted indies invertebrate knob landfowl loud meleagris north numida numididae open plumage plump red roost round rounded run savannah seed short shrub skin small strong tail terrestrial tree tuber turkey unfeathered wattle west white wild wing