Helmeted Guineafowl
Call & Sounds
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
The Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) is a species of guineafowl native to sub-Saharan Africa.
What does a Helmeted Guineafowl sound like? Helmeted Guineafowl make loud, harsh cackling alarm calls when they are disturbed or sense a threat. They also make softer contact ‘kek-kek-kek’ contact calls. Female Helmeted Guineafowls give far-carrying plaintive two note ‘ka-bak’ calls which are often heard at night.
Listen to some examples of Helmeted Guineafowl calls and sounds below.
Listen to Helmeted Guineafowl Sounds
The audio in the video below features the sounds of a small group of Helmeted Guineafowl making harsh alarm calls at dusk. Toward the end of the video (from 0:59 onwards) you can hear the plaintive, female call series which is often heard at night.. Recorded in Kafue National Park, Zambia.
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