Southern Cassowary
Casuarius casuarius(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Southern Cassowary
The Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Casuariidae (Emu and Cassowaries) in the order Casuariiformes.
Range: New Guinea, including Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea) and northeastern Australia (northern Cape York Peninsula)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Casuarius casuarius
- Order
- Casuariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Southern Cassowary
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Struthio Casuarius
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Asia, Sumatra, Moluccas, Banda; Ceram, 'corrected type locality, Rothschild, 1900, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 15, p. 115.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.155
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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