The diet of helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in the Riemland of the northeastern Free State, South Africa

Helen Prinsloo; Victor Harley; Brian Reilly; Tim Crowe

doi:10.3957/0379-4369-38.1.88

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1 April 2008 The diet of helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in the Riemland of the northeastern Free State, South Africa

Helen Prinsloo, Victor Harley, Brian Reilly, Tim Crowe

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Helen Prinsloo,¹ Victor Harley,² Brian Reilly,^1,* Tim Crowe³

¹1Department of Nature Conservation, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria, 00
²2Department of Biodiversity and Conservation, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, P.O. Box 652,
³3Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosc

^**To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: reillybk@tut.ac.za

South African J. of Wildlife Research, 38(1):88-92 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3957/0379-4369-38.1.88

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This study was conducted to determine the diet of helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in the Riemland and to establish the effects that these gamebirds may be having on cash crop yield. In the Riemland farming community many farmers complain of harvest losses suffered to guineafowl. It was found that the main dietary items during all seasons are corms of weed plants, primarily Cyperus spp. Helmeted guineafowl rely to a large degree on waste maize and germinating wheat during winter when natural food is difficult to find. Although they do not pose any problems with regard to maize farming, this is not necessarily true for wheat farming.

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Helen Prinsloo, Victor Harley, Brian Reilly, and Tim Crowe "The diet of helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in the Riemland of the northeastern Free State, South Africa," South African Journal of Wildlife Research 38(1), 88-92, (1 April 2008). https://doi.org/10.3957/0379-4369-38.1.88

Received: 4 May 2007; Accepted: 1 December 2007; Published: 1 April 2008

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