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title: "Vulturine Guineafowl"
description: "Acryllium vulturinum — Uccelli. The vulturine guinea fowl (Acryllium vulturinum) is the largest extant species of guinea fowl."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/vulturine-guineafowl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Vulturine Guineafowl

> Acryllium vulturinum — Uccelli. The  vulturine guinea fowl  (Acryllium vulturinum) is the largest extant species of guinea fowl.

- Scientific name: *Acryllium vulturinum*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 870
- Wikidata: [Q390270](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q390270)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1449](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1449)

## Names

- en: Vulturine Guineafowl
- de: Geierperlhuhn
- es: Pintada vulturina
- fr: Pintade vulturine
- nl: Gierparelhoen
- pt: Pintada-vulturina
- pl: Perlica sępia

## Countries with the most observations

KE (596), ET (52), TZ (18)

## Summary

The  vulturine guinea fowl  (Acryllium vulturinum) is the largest extant species of guinea fowl. Systematically, it is only distantly related to other guinea fowl genera. Its closest living relative, the white breasted guinea fowl, Agelastes meleagrides inhabit primary forests in Central Africa. It is a member of the bird family Numididae, and is the only member of the genus Acryllium. It is a resident breeder in northeast Africa, from southern Ethiopia and Somalia through Kenya and just into northern Tanzania.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulturine_guinea_fowl

## Photo

![Vulturine Guineafowl](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/vulturine-guineafowl/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17827565

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/vulturine-guineafowl?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).