Guineafowl, the Glossary
Guineafowl ((or guineahen) are birds of the family Numididae in the order Galliformes. They are endemic to Africa and rank among the oldest of the gallinaceous birds. Phylogenetically, they branched off from the core Galliformes after the Cracidae (chachalacas, guans, and curassows) and before the Odontophoridae (New World quail).[1]
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54 relations: Agelastes, Barcelona, Benin, Black guineafowl, Blood pheasant, Canopy (biology), Chicken as food, Congo peafowl, Cracidae, Crest (feathers), Crested guineafowl, Crested partridge, Eared pheasant, Eastern crested guineafowl, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Eocene, Evolution, Fly, Food energy, Fossil, Galliformes, Genus, Guttera, Helmeted guineafowl, Introduced species, Invertebrate, Locust, Lyme disease, Maggot, Mongolia, Monogamy in animals, New World quail, Partridge, Phasianidae, Phylogenetics, Plumage, Plumed guineafowl, Polyandry in animals, Savanna, Scorpion, Semi-arid climate, Southern crested guineafowl, Species, Sub-Saharan Africa, Taxonomic sequence, Telecrex, Tibetan Plateau, Tick, Turkey meat, Understory, ... Expand index (4 more) »
- Numididae
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of birds in the guineafowl family. Guineafowl and Agelastes are Numididae.
Barcelona
Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.
Benin
Benin (Bénin, Benɛ, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin), and also known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.
Black guineafowl
The black guineafowl (Agelastes niger) is a terrestrial bird of the Numididae (guineafowl) family found in humid forests in West-Central Africa.
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Blood pheasant
The blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) or blood partridge is a galliforme bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae and the only species in the genus Ithaginis.
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Canopy (biology)
In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns.
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Chicken as food
Chicken is the most common type of poultry in the world.
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Congo peafowl
The Congo peafowl (Afropavo congensis), also known as the African peafowl or mbulu by the Bakôngo, is a species of peafowl native to the Congo Basin.
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Cracidae
The chachalacas, guans and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae.
Crest (feathers)
The crest is a prominent feature exhibited by several bird and other dinosaur species on their heads.
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Crested guineafowl
The crested guineafowl (Guttera sp.) are a group of three species and members of the Numididae, the guineafowl bird family.
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Crested partridge
The crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul) also known as the crested wood partridge, roul-roul, red-crowned wood partridge, green wood quail or green wood partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.
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Eared pheasant
Eared pheasants are pheasants from the genus Crossoptilon in the family Phasianidae.
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Eastern crested guineafowl
The eastern crested guineafowl (Guttera pucherani) is a member of the Numididae, the guineafowl bird family.
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Edmond de Sélys Longchamps
Baron Michel Edmond de Selys Longchamps (25 May 1813 – 11 December 1900) was a Belgian Liberal Party politician and scientist.
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Eocene
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).
Evolution
Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
Fly
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wing".
Food energy
Food energy is chemical energy that animals (including humans) derive from their food to sustain their metabolism, including their muscular activity.
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Fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
Galliformes
Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl.
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Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Guttera
Guttera is a genus of birds in the family Numididae. Guineafowl and Guttera are Numididae.
Helmeted guineafowl
The helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) is the best known of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus Numida. Guineafowl and helmeted guineafowl are birds of Sub-Saharan Africa and Numididae.
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Introduced species
An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.
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Invertebrate
Invertebrates is an umbrella term describing animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column (commonly known as a spine or backbone), which evolved from the notochord.
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Locust
Locusts (derived from the Latin locusta, locust or lobster) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase.
Lyme disease
Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes.
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Maggot
A maggot is the larva of a fly (order Diptera); it is applied in particular to the larvae of Brachycera flies, such as houseflies, cheese flies, and blowflies, rather than larvae of the Nematocera, such as mosquitoes and crane flies.
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.
Monogamy in animals
Monogamous pairing in animals refers to the natural history of mating systems in which species pair bond to raise offspring.
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New World quail
The New World quail are small birds, that despite their similar appearance and habits to the Old World quail, belong to a different family known as the Odontophoridae.
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Partridge
A partridge is a medium-sized galliform bird in any of several genera, with a wide native distribution throughout parts of Europe, Asia and Africa.
Phasianidae
The Phasianidae are a family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl.
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Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.
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Plumage
Plumage is a layer of feathers that covers a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers.
Plumed guineafowl
The plumed guineafowl (Guttera plumifera) is a member of the guineafowl bird family.
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Polyandry in animals
In behavioral ecology, polyandry is a class of mating system where one female mates with several males in a breeding season.
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Savanna
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
Scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones.
Semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.
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Southern crested guineafowl
The southern crested guineafowl (Guttera edouardi) is a member of the Numididae, the guineafowl bird family.
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Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara.
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Taxonomic sequence
Taxonomic sequence (also known as systematic, phyletic or taxonomic order) is a sequence followed in listing of taxa which aids ease of use and roughly reflects the evolutionary relationships among the taxa.
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Telecrex
Telecrex is an extinct genus of birds related to guineafowl, containing two species, Telecrex grangeri (the type species) and Telecrex peregrinus. Guineafowl and Telecrex are Numididae.
Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau, also known as Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and Qing–Zang Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region, most of Qinghai, western half of Sichuan, Southern Gansu provinces in Western China, southern Xinjiang, Bhutan, the Indian regions of Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) as well as Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, northwestern Nepal, eastern Tajikistan and southern Kyrgyzstan.
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Tick
Ticks are parasitic arachnids of the order Ixodida.
Turkey meat
Turkey meat, commonly referred to as just turkey, is the meat from turkeys, typically domesticated turkeys, but also wild turkeys.
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Understory
In forestry and ecology, understory (American English), or understorey (Commonwealth English), also known as underbrush or undergrowth, includes plant life growing beneath the forest canopy without penetrating it to any great extent, but above the forest floor.
Vulturine guineafowl
The vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) is the largest extant species of guineafowl. Guineafowl and vulturine guineafowl are Numididae.
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West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.
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Western crested guineafowl
The western crested guineafowl (Guttera verreauxi) is a member of the Numididae, the guineafowl bird family.
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White-breasted guineafowl
The white-breasted guineafowl (Agelastes meleagrides) is a medium-sized, up to 45 cm long, terrestrial bird of the guineafowl family.
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See also
Numididae
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guineafowl
Also known as Guinea (bird), Guinea Fowl, Guinea fowls, Guinea hen, Guinea-fowl, Guineahen, List of guineafowl, Melagridae, Numididae, Umdukwe.
, Vulturine guineafowl, West Indies, Western crested guineafowl, White-breasted guineafowl.