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Double wattled

Cassowary

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Field Notes

Description:

The cassowaries (IPA: /,kæsɵwæri/) are ratites (flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bone) in the genus Casuarius native to the tropical forests of New Guinea, nearby islands, and northeastern Australia.[2] There are three extant species recognized today. The most common of these, the Southern Cassowary, is the third tallest and second heaviest living bird, smaller only than the ostrich and emu.
Cassowaries feed mainly on fruit, although all species are truly omnivorous and will take a range of other plant food including shoots, grass seeds, and fungi in addition to invertebrates and small vertebrates. Cassowaries are very shy, but when provoked they are capable of inflicting injuries to dogs and people, although fatalities are extremely rare. -Wikipedia

Habitat:

Miami Zoo Fl

Species ID Suggestions

Southern (Double-Wattled) Cassowary

Casuarius casuarius

Comments (1)

I got my information from this site, to try and help with finishing the scientific name: http://www.lazoo.org/animals/birds/cassowary_doublewattled/
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PublishedNovember 9, 2013

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