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Agelastes Numida Guttera Acryllium |
This is an African family of seed-eating ground-nesting birds resembling partridges, but with featherless heads and spangled grey plumage. The Helmeted Guineafowl has been domesticated and introduced outside its natural range, for example in southern France and the West Indies.
The six species are in this group are related to other members of the gamebird family thus.
Order: Galliformes
The buttonquails are sometimes given order status as the Turniciformes.
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