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WILDLIFE: BIRDS: HELMETED GUINEAFOWL 
Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Genus and species: Numida meleagris Common name: Helmeted Guineafowl The most widespread Guineafowl in scrub, woods, savannah and grasslands, occupying areas generally more humid than the Vulturine Guineafowl. Its distinctive feature is the bony casque. Gregarious and present throughout the country except in the east third, and particularly abundant in the south and centre. There are four subspecies: N.m. meleagris from the north to the limit of the Highlands, N.m. somaliensis to the northeast and N.m. reichenowii to the south, with N.m. mitrata at the coastal strip. 
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