Cassowary
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Cassowaries are flightless birds of the genus Casuarius, in the order Casuariiformes. They are classified as ratites, flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bones. Cassowaries are native to
Cassowary Diversity
Close-up of the head of a southern cassowary
Feet of a southern cassowary: Cassowaries use their feet as weapons.
Juvenile southern cassowary
Northern cassowary
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The northern cassowary, also known as the one-wattled cassowary, single-wattled cassowary, or golden-necked cassowary, is a large, stocky flightless bird of northern New Guinea. It is one of the three
Cassowary
…the fourth-tallest and third-heaviest living bird, smaller only than the two species of ostrich and the emu. The other two species of cassowary are the northern cassowary and the dwarf cassowary; the northern cassowary is the most recently discovered and the most threatened. A fourth, extinct, species is the pygmy…
Casuarius unappendiculatus Northern Cassowary head to toe
At Walsrode Bird Park
Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden