Helmeted guineafowl
（重定向自Numida meleagris）
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![Numida meleagris](/Images/godic/202501/30/Pintade_de_Numidie_MHNT4032.jpg")
![The extinct subspecies N. m. sabyi](/Images/godic/202501/30/Numida_meleagris_sabyi4032.jpg")
![Helmeted guineafowl, Drakensberg, KZN, South Africa](/Images/godic/202501/30/Helmeted_Guineafowl_in_the_Drakensberg_of_Natal4032.jpg")
The helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) is the best known of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus Numida. It is native to Africa, mainly south of the Sahara, and has been widely introduced into the West Indies, Brazil, Australia and southern France.