Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
Photographed at Nairobi National Park, Kenya. 3 October 2010.
Large ground bird fairly common in protected areas with savanna and open woodland. Bare blue skin on face and a bony crest atop the head.
Numididae -- Guineafowl Family
Books:
- Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Zimmerman et al.
- Birds of East Africa by Stevenson and Fanshawe