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Southern Cassowary
Casuarius casuarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Casuariidae — Cassowaries, Emu
Southern Cassowary, Casuarius casuarius, is a bird in the order Casuariiformes and the family Casuariidae, which also includes the emu. It breeds in Australasia, occurring on the Aru Islands south-west of New Guinea, in New Guinea, and in north-eastern Queensland on the eastern Cape York Peninsula in north-eastern Australia.
- Order
- Casuariiformes
- Family
- Casuariidae — Cassowaries, Emu
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea), New Guinea and e Cape York Pen., ne QLD (ne Australia)
