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Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

350Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
39Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan32
Feb28
Mar25
Apr49
May46
Jun30
Jul32
Aug36
Sep37
Oct11
Nov8
Dec16

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England55
2Devon England19
3Suffolk England15
4East Riding of Yorkshire England12
5North Yorkshire England12
6Essex England9
7Cambridgeshire England6
8Norfolk England6
9Worcestershire England6
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland5
11Rotherham England5
12Moray Scotland5
13St. Helens England5
14Kent England4
15Somerset England4
330 England18 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
350
Peak month
April
Counties with records
39
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Numida meleagris
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
448
Most recorded in
Cornwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Galliformes
Family
Numididae
Genus
Numida
Name with authority
Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q251842 · GBIF 2473341