Any variety of animal and plant food, e.g. seeds, berries, greens, small snails, spiders, and insects. Often appear in great flocks. They stay in the shade at noon, hunt for food during the rest of the day and roost in trees at night. Nest is a shallow cavity in the ground,protected by bush or tall grass. 12 to 15 eggs are incubated for 27 days.
Males stay near the nest.
Helmeted guinea fowl are the stock from which the domestic guinea fowl are derived. First domesticated by the ancient Egyptians and Carthaginians. Two in the Savanna area. Docent training manual archives. C.W. Mackworth-Praed and C.H.B. Grant.