Ground Birds

Birds that spend most of their time walking on the ground, such as guineafowl, curassows and bustards.

6 entries

Cochin ChickenGallus gallus domesticusA big, fluffy, calm chicken breed with feathers all the way down its feet.Great CurassowCrax rubraA vulnerable fruit-eating forest bird of Mexico, Central America and northwestern South America.Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisA spotted African ground bird with a bony helmet on its head that eats insects and ticks and would rather run than fly.Kenya Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucheraniA chicken-sized East African bird with white-spotted dark feathers and a curly black crest on its head.Kori BustardArdeotis koriOne of the world's heaviest flying birds, a ground-walking hunter of African grasslands that puffs up its neck to show off.Temminck's TragopanTragopan temminckiiA colorful Asian pheasant whose males puff out a bright blue-and-red throat flap and blue "horns" to court females.