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Helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris

Animals in our sanctuary

Frodo (Male)
Date of birth
04-05-2018
Date taken in
04-06-2018
Frodo

Frodo and seven others were left as chicks on the streets in a box from a pet shop.

Gandalf (female)
Date of birth
01-08-2023
Date taken in
13-03-2024
Gandalf

Gandalf was found on the streets as a chick and brought to VOC Ostend. They then searched for a suitable place where it could sit with conspecifics, and found its final home with us.

Aragorn
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Aragorn

Aragorn was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Gimli
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Gimli

Gimli was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Legolas
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Legolas

Legolas was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Merry
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Merry

Legolas was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Pippin
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Pippin

Pippin was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Bilbo
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Bilbo

Bilbo was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Samwise
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Samwise

Samwise was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Arwen
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Arwen

Arwen was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Boromir
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Boromir

Boromir was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Eowyn
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Eowyn

Eowyn was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Gollum
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Gollum

Gollum was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Smeagol
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Smeagol

Smeagol was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Elrond
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Elrond

Elrond was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Eomer
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Eomer

Eomer was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Galadriel
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Galadriel

Galadriel was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Faramir
Date of birth
13-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Faramir

Faramir was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Sauron
Date of birth
27-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Sauron

Sauron was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Gil-Galad
Date of birth
27-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Gil-Galad

Gil-Galad was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

Isildur
Date of birth
27-09-2024
Date taken in
25-10-2024
Isildur

Isildur was bred by a private individual to live with conspecifics in an Animal Park in Belgium. However, after cancellation the breeder was suddenly left with a large group of young Helmeted guineafowls. Interested parties wanted to take over the birds only for slaughter! As a result, the owner contacted De Zonnegloed.

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Where does he feel most at home?

The helmeted guineafowl likes warm, reasonable dry and open plains with some trees and shrubs.

What's his favourite food?

They are omnivores. They will search their food by digging in the ground with their strong claws. They like seeds, fruit, snails, spiders, and worms, but also frogs, lizards, small snails and small mammals.

Fun fact

They are ground birds, which doesn’t mean that they cannot fly. In general, helmeted guineafowl prefer to walk and can travel 10 kilometres/day.

 

 

 

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