#crested guineafowl

[ridiculousbirdfaces]

Crested guineafowl (Guttera pucherani) by Linda De Volder Kenya Guineafowl (Guttera pucherani)

[meowacherr]

Wtf Timothee Chalamet bird

[podartists]

Haubenperlhuhn, Guttera cristata | Die Vögel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library

[tasty-patches]

Kenya crested guineafowl at the St. Louis Zoo

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm D

[photographe-a-roulettes]

Pintade Huppée - Lorsqu'elle est à la recherche de nourriture, elle déambule tête baissée en quête de fruits tombés qui se trouveraient sur son chemin.

Lieu : Pairi Daiza, Belgique

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A new variant has been added!

Southern Crested Guineafowl (Guttera edouardi) © Bernard DUPONT

It hatches from , and undefined eggs.

squawkoverflow - the ultimate bird collecting game ��        🥚 hatch    ❤️ collect     🤝 connect

[hal-leef]

Inktober Day 21 - Rhinoceros ✒️

Today’s prompt is “rhinoceros” and today’s bird is the Guineafowl. This prompt was a bit difficult to interpret with my bird theme, but I decided to draw the guineafowl because they share a habitat with the rhinoceros. Guineafowl are native to Africa, and are among the oldest poultry birds. These birds have a distinctive black crest, featherless head, and speckle pattern. 

[eraser-collector]

Tyki Mikk as Crested Guineafowl

[mutant-distraction]

Crested Guineafowl

📷: Etienne Nortje

[mogai-sunflowers]

if you were able to keep as many birds as you wanted and like, all their habitats were perfect and maintained and the laws all allowed it and everything, how many birds would you have and what species??

wooooooooooo baby i wish i could upload pictures of all of them but there's a limit of 30 per post and that's nowhere near enough adfasfasdf. soooooo here's the official list of all of my favorite birds!

blue jay, eurasian jay, stellers jay, black collared jay, azure jay, northern cardinal, vermillion cardinal, desert cardinal, pileated woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker, red bellied woodpecker, eastern bluebird, mountain bluebird, gold finch, blue finch, scarlet finch, strawberry finch, rose finches, zebra finch, purple breasted sunbird, violet backed starling, blue vanga, blue dacnis, grandala, indigo bunting, lazuli bunting, rositas bunting, varied bunting, variegated fairy wren, splendid fairy wren, superb fairy wren, white winged fairy wren, philippine fairy bluebird, asian fairy bluebird, taiwan blue magpie, himalayan monal, tui, ravens, crows, blue crowned pigeon, victorian crowned pigeon, american robin, pink robin, lilac-breasted roller, european roller, indian roller, flying roller, blue-bellied roller, malachite kingfisher, woodlands kingfisher, azure kingfisher, rose-crested fruit dove, superb fruit dove, dracula parrot, hyacinth macaw, blue bird of paradise, anna's hummingbird, swordbilled hummingbird, swallowtailed hummingbird, fiery-throated hummingbird, lesser violetear, crowned woodnymph, blue chinned sapphire, mute swan, black swan, black-necked swan, bohemian waxwing, spangled cotinga, banded cotinga, brazilian tanager, australian diamond firetail, flame bowerbird, asian golden weaver, golden pheasant, malayan peacock pheasant, south philippine dwarf kingfisher, guineafowl, green junglefowl, blue-grey tanager, malachite sunbird, great sapphirewing, ruby-topaz hummingbird, fiery topaz, crimson topaz, rainbow bearded thornbill, violet sabrewing, long-tailed sylph, red-tailed comet, variable sunbird, helmeted woodpecker, red-crested cardinal, blue-winged mountain tanager, cinnamon hummingbird, antillean crested hummingbird, violet capped woodnymph, sparkling violetear, blue pitta, mandarin duck

[echoes-of-kemet]

Do yu know what other animals were in ancient egypt? I want my oc to have a unique animal and you seem to know a fair amount

I am a well of ridiculous, hyperspecific, only interesting to some trivia lmao.

I would encourage you not to limit yourself to an entirely unique beast- many deities share sacred animals and are still strong individuals. My mind immediately goes to the huge number of feline deities- lions and lionesses in particular- for an example. Additionally, it's nigh impossible for me (with no academic anthropology/egyptology/historic zoology knowledge) to say for certain that particular animals were present in Kemet when they have no documented deities, mummies, or written mentions. I've had to guess for some, deduce by their present day habitats and more or less "timeline" of their species.

It's also important to keep in mind Kemet had contact with other civilizations in other habitats, meaning they were aware of animals not necessarily native to the area. A perfect example is the Hamadryas baboon- they were Nubian animals, but were sacred to both Thoth and Babi, depicted in art, and many mummies of the species have been recovered. A more surprising example is the Syrian brown bear, which was a rare exotic spectacle for the royal elite. There's also the trouble of many species now being extant from the area, meaning they were there but the local population is now extinct- the African sacred ibis is the example my mind comes to first, the waterfowl no longer present along the Nile.

Coincidentally, I've been compiling a list of animals for my own reference to supply a beast or two for the deities that don't have one in tradition. 

Birds

Abdim's Stork

African Darter

African Dwarf Kingfisher

African Grass Owl

African Open-billed Stork

African Pied Wagtail

African Sacred Ibis

Asian Green Bee-Eater

Barbary Falcon

Barbary Partridge

Barn Owl

Barn Swallow

Bearded Vulture

Bennu Heron (likely not an actual animal, the Bennu bird inspired by the Goliath Heron- but felt like including it anyhow)

Black Kite

Black Stork

Black-throated Loon

Black-winged Kite

Brown-necked Raven

Carrion Crow

Cattle Egret

Chukar Partridge

Common Buzzard

Common Cormorant

Common Crane

Common Greenshank

Common House Martin

Common Kestrel

Common Kingfisher

Common Pochard

Common Quail

Common Raven

Common Redshank

Common Redstart

Common Sandpiper

Common Spoonbill

Common Teal

Crab Plover

Crested Plover

Dalmatian Pelican

Demoiselle Crane

Eagle (I'm sure there were some, but I can't find any definitive evidence of species in the ancient Kemetic culture- I would take a guess that the Golden Eage was an infrequent visitor)

Egyptian Plover

Egyptian Vulture

European Roller (considered a pest)

European Turtle-dove

Eurasian Coot

Eurasian Crag Martin

Eurasian Teal

Eurasian Wigeon

Fan-tailed Raven

Ferruginous Duck

Gadwall

Garganey

Glossy Ibis

Golden Oriole

Goliath Heron

Great Bittern

Great Bustard

Great Cormorant

Great Egret

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Great White Pelican

Greater Flamingo (possibly not native)

Green Sandpiper

Grey Heron

Griffon Vulture

Helmeted Guineafowl (not native)

Hermit Ibis

Hobby Falcon

Honey Buzzard

Hooded Crow

Hoopoe

Houbara Bustard

House Crow

House Sparrow (pest, hieroglyph had negative connotation)

Kittliz's Plover

Lanner Falcon

Lappet-faced Vulture

Laughing Dove

Lesser Kestrel

Lesser Pied Kingfisher

Little Bittern

Little Bustard

Little Egret

Little Owl

Long-eared Owl

Long-legged Buzzard

Mallard

Marabou Stork

Marsh Sandpiper

Masked Shrike

Merlin

Mourning Wheatear

Northern Lapwing

Northern Pintail

Northern Shoveler

Ostrich

Pale Crag Martin

Peregrine Falcon

Pied Avocet

Pink-backed Pelican

Purple Gallinule

Purple Heron

Red Kite

Red-backed Shrike

Red-footed Falcon

Red-rumped Wheatear

Reed Cormorant

Ring-necked Dove

Rock Dove

Rook

Ruddy Shelduck

Saddle-bill Stork

Saker Falcon

Sandhill Crane

Sand Martin

Sand Partridge

Short-eared Owl

Spotted Redshank

Sooty Falcon

Squacco Heron

Striated Heron

Swan (not native)

Tawny Owl

Tufted Duck

Western Reef Heron

White-backed Night Heron

White-crowned Wheatear

White Stork

White Wagtail

Wood Sandpiper

Yellow-billed Stork

Mammals

Aardvark (possibly not native)

Aardwolf

Addax Antelope

African Clawless Otter

African Giant Shrew

African Green Monkey (not native)

African Grass Rat

African Leopard

African Striped Weasel

Arabian Oryx

Barbary Deer (not native)

Barbary Lion (now extinct)

Barbary Macaque (not native)

Black Rat

Common Patas Monkey (not native)

Black Rhinoceros

Blanford's Fox

Black Wildebeest

Bubal Hartebeest (now extinct)

Cairo Spiny Mouse

Cape Hare

Caracal

Cheetah

Common Beisa Oryx

Common Genet

Desert Hedgehog

Desert Long-eared Bat

Dorcas Gazelle

Desert Black Cobra

Egyptian Fruit Bat

Egyptian Jackal/African Wolf (originally misidentified, now the African Wolf)

Egyptian Mongoose

Egyptian Pipistrelle

Egyptian Red Fox

Egyptian Slit-faced Bat

Egyptian Tomb Bat

Egyptian Weasel

Egyptian Wild Ass 

Fennec Fox

Flower's Shrew

Four-toed Jerboa

Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat

Gerenuk

Giraffe

Golden Spiny Mouse

Greater Egyptian Jerboa

Greater Mouse-tailed Bat

Greater Red Musk Shrew

Hamadryas Baboon (not native)

Hippopotamus

Honey Badger

House Mouse

Lesser Egyptian Jerboa

Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat

Long-eared Hedgehog

Long-nosed Shrew

North African/Bush Elephant (vilified and driven out by prehistoric Egyptians)

North African Crested Porcupine (not native)

Nubian Ibex (not native)

Olive Baboon (likely not native, sometimes called the Anubis Baboon)

Persian Fallow Deer (not native)

Rhim Gazelle

Rüppell's Fox

Sand Rat

Serval (likely not native, but Ra was depicted as one)

Scimitar Oryx

Soemmerring's Gazelle

Somali Dwarf Shrew

Spotted Hyena

Spotted-necked Otter

Striped Hyena

Syrian Brown Bear (not native)

Wild Boar

White Rhinoceros

Yellow Baboon (not native, species' epithet means 'dog-head' in Greek)

Vervet Monkey

Reptiles

African Chameleon

African Rock Python

Arabian Horned Viper

Desert Horned Viper

Desert Monitor Lizard

Egyptian Cobra

Egyptian Gecko

Egyptian Sand Boa

Egyptian Sand Racer

Egyptian Tortoise

Javelin Sand Boa

Insects/Arachnids/Etc.

Nile Crocodile

Nile Soft-shelled Turtle

Red Spitting Cobra

Saharan Sand Viper

Amphibians

African Common Toad

European Green Toad

Marsh Frog

Mascarene Grass Frog

Nile Delta Toad

Nile Valley Toad

Camel Spider

Banded Garden Spider

Brown Widow Spider

Carpenter Ant

Centipede

Click Beetle

Common Housefly (NOT considered a pest, actually revered as a protector)

Danaid Eggfly

Desert Ant

Desert Locust

Devil's Coach Horse Beetle

Dorippus Tiger Butterfly

Dragonfly

Flea

Fire Ant

Jewel Beetle

Gaudy Commodore Butterfly

Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider

Large Salmon Arab Butterfly

Maggot/Carrion Fly

Migratory Locust

Messor Ant

Millipede

Red-breasted Goose

Mosquito (pest)

Moths in the Saturniidae family

Palestine Yellow Scorpion

Pantropical Jumping Spider

Pharaoh Ant

Plain Tiger Butterfly

Praying Mantis

Scarab Beetle

Sinai Baton Blue Butterfly

Southern White Admiral Butterfly

Scorpions in the Buthidae and Scorpionidae families

Water Scorpion

Fish, Mollusks, etc. (Keep in mind fish were taboo in Kemet)

Abju

African Catfish

African Tigerfish

Bayad Fish

Blacktip Shark

Blue-spotted Stingray

Bolti

Chromis

Cichlid

Cornish Jack

Eel

Flatfish

Gilt-head Bream

Great Barracuda

Leopard Shark

Lepidotus Fish

Loligo Squid

Lungfish

Moon Fish

Mullet

Nile Barb

Nile Bichir

Nile Carp

Nile Mormyrid

Nile Labeo

Nile Perch

Nile Puffer

Parrotfish

Reef Manta Ray

Reef Shark

Sandbar Shark

Sea Snake

Scorpionfish

Spiny Lobster

Sturgeon

Surgeonfish

Swordfish

Thornback Ray

Thresher Shark

Tiger Shark

Tilapia

Triggerfish

Unicorn Fish

Wrasse

Zebra Shark

Domestic Animals

Bean Goose

Brant Goose

Camel (not introduced until Middle/New Kingdom)

Cats (Mau breed)

Chickens (not introduced until New Kingdom era)

Cow/Bull

Dogs (Saluki, Greyhound, Basenji, and Pharaoh Hound breeds)

Donkey

Egyptian Goose

Greater White-fronted Goose

Greylag Goose

Honey Bees

Horse (not introduced until New Kingdom)

Pig

Ram

My sources, if you're interested, are the Wikipedia page for Egyptian wildlife, a few different diving sites about the Mediterranean and Red Sea, a couple books I own on Ancient Egypt that describe the geography of the periods, and this lovely reddit multi-post

Sheep

[mineral-vulture]

Another ref sheet for another oc from my toon world setting. More specifically The Rainbow Gang setting.

Russell in the fictional show The Rainbow Gang was a minor character who got increased appearances due to popularity with fans because of his design, sweet level headed personality, and for the subtext of him being gay.

His first appearance had him on the university campus be surrounded by girls fawning over him. Two of the main characters both develop a crush on him which leads to both fighting for his attention. Throughout the episode they keep one upping the other, putting a wedge in their friendship. This results in the two of them arguing and Russell stops them. He tells them that he doesn't like the attention he gets from all the girls on the campus and that includes them. Russell also tells them they shouldn't be throwing away their friendship just for some guy. For some this episode was surprising since most would assume he would be a douche who uses women to feed his ego but this made fan endeared to him.

He would appear in other episodes either in the background or in small roles such as helping one of the characters find a lost bird since he is a bird keeper. Though the most well remembered episode of his starred Rad Mitch, an anthro Crested Guineafowl, desiring to be more popular with the ladies. He notices how much attention Russell gets and puts together a plan to ask him for help. He does and while Russell is reluctant Mitch is desperate so Russell obliges. He helps him out which results in the two hanging out a lot which both enjoy each other's company. The help works and Mitch gets a lot of attention from women but it becomes too much since this cuts into his and Russell's hanging out time. Mitch has a nightmare of a crowd dragging him and he is drowning in it. Then a winged Russell flies down and saves him. Mitch goes to Russell for help to undo all the things he learned which they both figure out how Mitch can get less attention from women. The plan they do works and Mitch and Russell continue to hang out together.

After the show ended there were fans who would remember this character and would look back on certain episodes (especially the Mitch episode) picking up hints about his sexuality. When the creator of the series passed away and an art book got released it was shown inside that Russell is in fact gay but also he was meant to be a hybrid of a deer and a bird. Showing a drawing what his design was suppose to be. But it was changed into him just being an anthro deer.

Nowadays in toon world, Russell is able to be who he was meant to be. An openly gay hybrid and is now older than he was in the series. He continues his bird keeping by fostering rescue birds.

[underthehedge]

Quality birds here. Bad quality. If I may suggest some additional lesser known terrible birds because I love this subject:

Magpie goose - it's a very basal member of the duck, swan and goose family and it has unwebbed feet that look Upsetting.

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Wattled brush-turkey - a relative of the Australian brush-turkey, there's nothing wrong with this bird's head apart from everything. But it's meant to look like that. Fun fact, I couldn't choose a single worst photo of one of these, google it and see!

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Horned guan - why? The proportions, the crest, the everything, just bad.

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bonus upsetting horned guan photo

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Northern shoveller - a duck found across northern Eurasia and America. Bad to look at because of the proportions. Genus name is Spatula though, which is fun.

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Special mention to crested guineafowl and lesser flamingos for just looking fucking weird.

top five most fucked up looking birds imaginable. just absolutely thrashed. complete garbage cans with wings

This was a ton of fun and the result of an hour long phone call with @elwingflight, narrowing down the Worst Birds. We��ve tried to skip over the most obvious selections (Ocellated Turkey, Jabirou, Shoebill, all vultures, Marabou Stork, Frogmouths, and Potoos) for some truly underrated garbage creatures. As usual, sources are linked:

1. Helmeted Hornbill

2. Red-naped Ibis

3. Helmeted Friarbird

4. Capuchinbird

5. Horned Screamer

[lyonfamilyinafrica]

Wildlife we’ve seen part 4

Birds - Egyptian Goose, Pied Crow, Red-crested Korhaan, Pale Chanting Goshawk, Laughing Dove, Guineafowl, Lilac-breasted roller, Red-breasted Swallow, Yellow-bellied Greenbul, Bee-eater, African Darter. Secretarybird; Mammals - Red Hartebeest Elephant, Black and White Rhinoceros, Genet, Lion, Bat-eared fox, Hippopotamus, Ridgeback, Dachshund 😂; Crocodile, Gecko under gas cooktop; Tigerfish.

[projectourworld]

“It’s not often you get to capture emotion in the faces of birds,” South African photographer Richard Flack says. “But there was no doubt—that was one satisfied guineafowl.” A crested guineafowl scratches the head of another in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Richard Flack / Wildlife Photographer of the Year : Smithsonian Magazine #guineafowl #southafrica #richardflack #wildlifephotographer

[wildpix]

The Zulu people call the Martial Eagle “Ukhozi”, King of birds, a name which originates from its power, courage, keen eye-sight, endurance and swiftness.

Regal and aloof, adorned in a royal mantle of large, perfectly scalloped feathers, surveying its savanna kingdom from a perch on the banks of the Shingwedzi River.

Martial Eagles are large, weighing up to 6.5kg (15 lb) with a wingspan of 2.6 metres (8”6”), have an erectile crest and distinctive white underparts with clear black spots. What impresses me most is the size of its wrists, legs and claws, said to be able to crush a man’s arm. They are not stealth hunters but rely on brute force and power, stooping from a high soar, with legs and claws outstretched, usually killing its prey on impact and piercing it with its hallux claw.

They have been recorded to take over 170 different prey items, mostly in the 2 to 3kg range, including hares, guineafowl, geese, herons and reptiles. However, they are also known to take small carnivores such as jackal and are confirmed to have taken Cheetah cubs. Martial Eagles frequently take small species of antelope and they aggressively swoop and rake larger antelope to separate them from calves and fawns which are then often taken as prey.

Ukhozi, the lord of African skies, worthy of the Zulu greeting, offered to lords and kings,

“Bayethe”, I Salute You!

 Photo by @reandutoit

#reandutoit #reandutoitphotography #naturephotography #nature #endangered #kruger #wilderness #africa #wildlife #safari #motherearth #natgeoyourshot #natgeo #canon #knp #krugerpark #krugernationalpark #wildlifephotograpy #birdphotography #mothernature #bird #eagle #martialeagle