Southern Cassowary

The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) is a large flightless black bird. It is a solitary and sedentary inhabitant of rainforest, occasionally using adjacent savanna forests, mangroves and fruit plantations. [1]

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Casuarius bennetti, dwarf cassowary. Watercolour by John Keulemans (1842–1912) commissioned by Lord Rothschild c.1900 and drawn from a live specimen at his menagerie . Rothschild was fascinated with the giant flightless bird, collecting and studying them

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