Cassowaries, Emu
Southern Cassowary
Casuarius casuarius
The Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) is a 44 kg forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.
- Family
- Cassowaries, Emu
- Order
- Casuariiformes
- Weight
- 44 kg
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Fruit and nectar
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 5
Recorded in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, ZZ, United States.
Where to see it: Kwatu Lodge (Wai Kelo River) (Papua New Guinea); Varirata National Park (Papua New Guinea).
Photo: (c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist