#0785 · 🐦 birds
Helmeted Guineafowl
🇳🇱 Helmparelhoen ·Numida meleagris
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what is it?
The helmeted guineafowl ( Numida meleagris ) is the best known of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus Numida . g. southern France).
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 27,915 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs up to about 1.6 kg.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
- Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.
fact sheet
- English
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Nederlands
- Helmparelhoen
- scientific name
- Numida meleagris
- class
- Aves
- order
- Galliformes
- family
- Numididae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- in NL
- introduced
- sightings in NL
- 30
- sightings in Europe
- 642
- sightings worldwide
- 27,915
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,004
- weight
- 1.6 kg
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1428, Wikidata Q251842, GBIF 2473341, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.