You Won't Believe the Importance of Helmeted Guineafowl in Ecosystems

[@sirteddyproductions35]

The Helmeted Guineafowls are interesting birds that mostly have a unique role in the Bush. So it’s really nice to see and learn more about them

[@KarlWhales]

Helmet is to protect the eyes when running through sharp grasses. They’ll drop the head down and put the helmet forward when they crash into thick brush.

[@alliswell9236]

Where from this area

[@esperago]

Sadly, despite the mighty guinea fowl surviving leopards and lions and such, they are no match for the bobcat living near my house. Love these birds. Raised a dozen of them from keets this past year, to act as tick control around my property. They did the job in spades. Smart birds, too. I trained them to come when I whistle. They'll wander kilometres away and all it takes is a quick whistle from my deck and a few minutes later, they'd come flocking back to the yard. Sadly, I'm down to just two birds, as a stealthy bobcat has picked off the other ten. Oh well, I'll start again in the spring but this time, build a covered run for them for the autumn months, when the predators are bulking for winter.

[@drorjs]

They look like easy pray for cats and mongoose. So i was wondering how they survive in the wild. Probably easier for them in open ground where it's harder to ambush them.

[@esperago]

@@drorjs I'd say you're correct. I live in a forested province and the general consensus is that they don't do as well bordered by forests (basically ambush walls). Any footage that I've seen of them in the wild is on the open plains and come to think of it, flocks may even congregate around solo standing trees, sending a lookout up the tree. They are very loud and they definitely move in flocks, darting around almost like schools of fish. Having said that, they have some strange survival habits I can't seem to make sense of. Say they are at the edge of my yard, up against the forest and a bobcat picks one off. They will scatter during the attack and then after a period of time, reassemble near the forest line again - even at the same ambush spot. You'd think their instincts would be sharper than that. As a result, if one of my birds get picked off, I have to lock them up in their run for a week or two, until the predator moves on, otherwise I'll lose every single bird at or near the exact same spot, over and over again.

[@theonewiththebird2296]

Im taking care of a disable baby one. Very cute, always looking for food, even when she's very obviously had enough she doesnt stop looking for food.

[@sairampeddi6891]

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[@diogene5772]

ain't the helmet here to cool down the head ? like a sail taking the wind ?