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Guineafowl
Order:
Galliformes
Family: Numididae
7 species
sub-Saharan Africa;
45-60 cm; largely unfeathered head and neck; head usually with brightly colored wattles, comb, or crest; bill large, stout;
feed on both seeds and invertebrates;
sexes similar; highly gregarious in non-breeding season; terrestrial but roost in trees at night; ground nesting; 6--20 pitted, thick-shelled eggs, blunt on one end, pointed on the other; incubation by female; biparental care of chicks