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  Vulturine Guineafowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) is the largest and most spectacular of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and is the only member of the genus Acryllium.
Vulturine Guineafowl is a large (61-71cm) bird with a round body and small head.
Vulturine Guineafowl is a gregarious species, forming flocks outside the breeding season typically of about 25 birds.
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 Guineafowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The guineafowl are a family of birds in the same order as the pheasants, turkeys and other game birds.
The Helmeted Guineafowl has been domesticated and introduced outside its natural range, for example in southern France and the West Indies.
Guineafowl have a long history of domestication, mainly involving the Helmeted Guineafowl.
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 Vulturine Guineafowl -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Helmeted Guineafowl is a large (60-68cm) bird with a round body and small head.
Like other guineafowl, this species has an unfeathered head, in this case decorated with a dull yellow or reddish bony knob, and red and blue patches of skin.
The word ''meleagris'', Greek for guineafowl, is also shared in the scientific names of the two species.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/163/vulturine-guineafowl.html   (674 words)

  
 Guineafowl
The 7 species of guineafowl are heavy bodied, rounded game birds with short wings and bare heads.
The helmeted guineafowl is the ancestor of the domestic guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl roam about in flocks up to several dozen birds in the dry season, roosting communally in trees at night.
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 www.guineas.com - Vulturine Guineafowl
These guineafowl are by far the most striking of all the family kept in captivity.
Vulturine guineafowl are great runners and seldom fly except to go to roost in high trees.
The Vulturine is the only species in the genus Acryllium which is in the Numididae family.
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 Vulturine Guineafowl
The head of the vulturine guineafowl does not have feathers.
General Information: Vulturine guineafowl find food by scratching in the ground, or by moving through the grass.
Interesting Facts: Vulturine guineafowl chicks hatch with a “full head” of down.
www.abilenetx.com /Zoo/VulturineGuineafowl.htm   (138 words)

  
 vulturine Vulturine Guineafowl
The Vulturine guinea Fowl is a native of sub-Saharan Africa, from Uganda south into eastern Kenya.
Guineas and vulturine guineas have red eyes and a hackle of long, fl and white striped feathers with polka dots covering a bright blue breast.
Vulturine guineafowls Acryllium vulturinum are native to Eastern Africa.
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 Kamusi - Search Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The results for 'guineafowl' are displayed below in alphabetical order, so please do not assume that the first entry you see is the best result.
vulturine Guineafowl, pl vulturine Guineafowl { Swahili: kicheleko, pl vicheleko } [Terminology: ornithology]
Kenya crested guineafowl, pl Kenya crested guineafowl { Swahili: kororo wa Kenya, pl makororo wa Kenya } [Terminology: ornithology]
research.yale.edu /cgi-bin/swahili/lookup.cgi?Word=guineafowl&EngP=1   (352 words)

  
 Vulturine Guineafowl
Always make sure there is enough for everyone to avoid potentially fatal fighting.
Other considerations are the same as for the entire family of guineafowl.
Many keepers offer "chicken scratch" which they will eat, but alone may not be balanced or varied enough.
www.honoluluzoo.org /vulturine_guineafowl.htm   (558 words)

  
 Vulturine Guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum
This is a spectacularly coloured, long-tailed Guineafowl which is easily distinguished from the other Kenyan species.
The combination of vivid cobalt blue mixed with fl and white on the long neck feathers is very striking.
We've found Samburu to be a particularly good place to see large numbers of Vulturine Guineafowl.
www.kenyabirds.org.uk /v_gfowl.htm   (143 words)

  
 Helmeted Guineafowl, Numida meleagris
Kenya: Common in southern and western Kenya, rare in the North and almost absent from the North-East and much of eastern Kenya.
Shorter and heavier than the Vulturine Guineafowl, the large "helmet" makes it very easy to distinguish.
It prefers bush, woodland and shrubbed grassland generally in moister areas than the Vulturine.
www.kenyabirds.org.uk /h_gfowl.htm   (175 words)

  
 #16031235 Vulturine Guineafowl in Samburu National Park
This Vulturine Guineafowl was sticking to one area in Samburu National Park, in Kenya Africa.
This may have meant it had a nest nearby, or at least what passes for a nest to a Vulturine Guineafowl.
They typically just make a scrape on the ground, under a bush or long grass, where they lay up to 15 eggs.
www.raydoan.com /16031235.asp   (83 words)

  
 RedOrbit - Reference Library
The Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) is the largest and most spectacular of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae.
It breeds in dry and open habitats with scattered bushes and trees, such as savannah or grassland and lays approximately 4-8 cream-colored eggs in a well-hidden grass-lined scrape.
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 Pheasants and Guineas
The vulturine Guineafowl can be found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Eastern Uganda and Tanzania.
The Vulturine Guineafowl, out of the 38 species are the only ones in the genus Acryllim which is the Numididae family.
The Temminicks Tragopan range or found in Northeastern Burma, Eastern Tibet, Sichuan, Soutrn Gansu, and it habitats high altitudes, about 3,000 to 9,000 feet.
www.boydsnestaviary.homestead.com /Birds.html   (76 words)

  
 Vulturine Parrot -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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 Rick C. West - Tarantula Expert - Image of: Bird, Vulturine Guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Rick C. West - Tarantula Expert - Image of: Bird, Vulturine Guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum
Bird, Vulturine Guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum - Samburu, Kenya
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 Kenya safari guide - Kenyalogy: Wildlife: Birds: Vulturine Guineafowl
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Locally common from Samburu and lake Turkana eastward, down to the Somali border and the coast, and southward through Tsavo.
Contrary to what could be thought, they are good flyers.
www.kenyalogy.com /eng/fauna/pintvul.html   (81 words)

  
 Discovery Cove Dolphin Experience - 42-vulturine-guineafowl-2.jpg
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42-vulturine-guineafowl-2: The vulturine guineafowl remained on the ground looking for food on the floor.
I don't think I saw it take food from anyone, but that doesn't mean that it didn't.
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 Vulturine Guinea Fowl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Although they do very well in captivity, they do require protection from colder weather and where temperatures reach freezing they need heated quarters.
A young Vulturine at Busch Gardens checking me out and then trying to eat my boots
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www.feathersite.com /Poultry/Guineas/BRKAcryllium.html   (114 words)

  
 Nicole Duplaix Posters Prints - A Close View of a Captive Vulturine Guineafowl Art Photographic Print - Artist: Nicole ...
Nicole Duplaix Posters Prints - A Close View of a Captive Vulturine Guineafowl Art Photographic Print - Artist: Nicole Duplaix - Poster Size: 12x16 - SHOP.COM
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 Vulturine Guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Home < Safari Index < Bird Thumbnails < Vulturine Guineafowl > White-browed Coucal
This unmistakeable bird is most often seen in Samburu and Buffalo Springs, though it extends west to Lake Turkana and south through Tsavo to the Masai steppe in Tanzania.
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 A Close View of a Captive Vulturine Guineafowl Photographic Print by Nicole Duplaix at Art.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A Close View of a Captive Vulturine Guineafowl Photographic Print by Nicole Duplaix at Art.com
A Close View of a Captive Vulturine Guineafowl
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 birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
Helmeted Guineafowl Giuliano Gerra & Silvio Sommazzi http://gianfvil.gamersrevolt.it/home.htm
A Guide to the Pheasants, Partridges, Quails, Grouse, Guineafowl, Buttonquails and Sandgrouse of the World by Steve Madge & Phil McGowan Helm 2002
Anytime Tours offer a growing list of destinations for birders.
www.fatbirder.com /species_and_families/non_passerines/numididae.html   (182 words)

  
 Pictures of Vulturine Guineafowl -  Canon Eos 1d Mark II Camera
Pictures of Vulturine Guineafowl - Canon Eos 1d Mark II Camera
Guineafowl do have a certain, odd apeal don't they.
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 Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Vulturine Guineafowl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Vulturine Guineafowl
World Bird Guide :: Guineafowl :: Vulturine Guineafowl
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
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