Cassowaries
Casuarius
Cassowaries (/ˈkæsəwɛəri/), genus Casuarius, are ratites (flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bone) that are native to the tropical forests of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Indonesia), nearby islands, and northeastern Australia.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Southern Cassowary
speciesCasuarius casuarius
Northern Cassowary
speciesCasuarius unappendiculatus
Dwarf Cassowary
speciesCasuarius bennetti
Pygmy Cassowary
speciesCasuarius lydekkeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 20498.