What bird is this?

[mybirdcards@mastodon.world]

What bird is this? (See alt text for clue) #whatbird #mybirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ️🦜

[lorraine@beige.party]

@mybirdcards

Hmmm Interesting

[mybirdcards@mastodon.world]

@withaveeay

[lukyan@lukyan.eu]

@mybirdcards They are domesticated as pearl hens. I've just read that their alarm cries are one of the reasons they are kept with other birds, protecting them from hawks.

[lorraine@beige.party]

@withaveeay @mybirdcards

Wow!

[justinderrick@mstdn.ca]

@mybirdcards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_fowl

Also: Delicious.