Animals / Bird

Emu

Dromaius novaehollandiae · Dromaiidae

The emu is a species of flightless bird endemic to Australia, where it is the tallest native bird. It is the only extant member of the genus Dromaius and the third-tallest living bird after its African ratite relatives, the common ostrich and Somali ostrich. The emu's native ranges cover most of the Australian mainland.

Where the Emu lives

Recorded in Ashmore and Cartier Is. (Oceania).

Most records fall in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory.

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Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 158,371 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.