Stats

Lifespan: 10-15 years
Size: Medium
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Savanna
Range: Africa
Movement: Walking
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Common

About

Africa's speckled ground-birds, among the oldest of the gamefowl lineages. All six species travel in noisy, tight-knit flocks that forage on foot and roost in trees, and every one of them would rather sprint away from danger than fly.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A large clutch of eggs sits in a shallow ground scrape, incubated by the hen until the brood hatches together.
2.
hatchling chick
A downy chick leaves the nest within hours of hatching and pecks for food alongside the hen.
3.
juvenile
A juvenile grows its first body feathers, learns to fly short bursts, and stays in the brood until fledged.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Numididae