Cassowaries and Emus
Casuariiformes
The Casuariiformes is an order of large flightless bird that has four surviving members: the three species of cassowary, and the only remaining species of emu. They are classified as one family Casuariidae or two, with the emu split off into its own family Dromaiidae.
1 branches of this order, most-observed first · about 4 known species
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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 367702.