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DESCRIPTION 21 to 223/4 inches (53 to 58cm). Distinguished by bony casque (the helmet) atop its head covered with a sheath of keratin and very well-developed blue and/or red wattles.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION Eastern Chad to Ethiopia, east to Rift Valley, south to borders of northern Zaire, northern Kenya and Uganda. Has been domesticated around the world as food species.

HABITAT Open grassland. Outside breeding season, may forage in flocks of several hundred, and have been known to gather in numbers around 2,000. During breeding, split up into monogamous pairs.
DIET Bulbs, tubers, berries, insects and snails.

SPECIAL NEEDS Shelter as well as outside habitat.

CAGE LIFE Lays 6 to 19 eggs in scrape on the ground, incubation by female.
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