vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum)

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vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum)

Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) at Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.
Date 5 November 2009
Author Dick Daniels (http://carolinabirds.org/)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vulturine_Guineafowl_(Acryllium_vulturinum)_RWD.jpg

The vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) is the largest extant species of guineafowl. Systematically, it is only distantly related to other guineafowl genera. Its closest living relative, the white breasted guineafowl, Agelastes meleagrides inhabit primary forests in Central Africa. It is a member of the bird family Numididae, and is the only member of the genus Acryllium. It is a resident breeder in northeast Africa, from southern Ethiopia through Kenya and just into northern Tanzania.
Order: Galliformes
Family: Numididae
Genus: Acryllium
Species: Acryllium vulturinum Hardwicke, 1834

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Scientific Name: Acryllium vulturinum (Hardwicke, 1834) Common Names: Vulturine Guineafowl French: Pintade vulturine; German: Geierperlhuhn; Spanish: Pintada vulturina Taxonomy: Numida vulturina Hardwicke, 1834

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