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[[File:Acryllium vulturinum Schönbrunn2008c.jpg|upright|thumb|left|Upper body]]

[[File:Acryllium vulturinum -Tsavo East National Park, Kenya-8.jpg|thumb|At [[Tsavo East National Park]], Kenya]]

The vulturine guineafowl is a large ({{convert|61–71 |cm}}) bird with a round body and small head. It has a longer wings, neck, legs and tail than other guineafowl. The adult has a bare blue face and black neck, and although all other guineafowl have unfeathered heads, this species looks particularly like a [[vulture]] because of the long bare neck and head.

The slim neck projects from a cape of long, glossy, blue and white hackles. The breast is cobalt blue, and the rest of the body plumage is black, finely spangled with white. The wings are short and rounded, and the tail is longer than others in the family [[Numididae]].