Southern cassowary

Casuarius casuarius · Casuariidae

The southern cassowary, also known as double-wattled cassowary, Australian cassowary, or two-wattled cassowary, is a large, flightless, mostly black bird, found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and northeastern Australia. It is one of the three living species of cassowary, alongside the dwarf cassowary and the northern cassowary. It is a ratite and therefore related to the emu, ostrich, rhea and kiwi.

Where the Southern cassowary lives

Recorded in Ashmore and Cartier Is. (Oceania).

Most records fall in Queensland and Northern Territory.

See the Southern cassowary’s range on the globe

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 10,030 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.