Northern Cassowary
Casuarius unappendiculatus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
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 living species of cassowary, alongside the dwarf cassowary and the southern cassowary. It is a ratite, a polyphyletic group of flightless Paleognaths, which includes birds like the ostrich and emu.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Casuariiformes
- Family
- Casuariidae
- Genus
- Casuarius