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Southern cassowary

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q375790

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
C. casuarius[13]
Diel cycle
diurnality
Generation time
+12.5[30]
Habitat
forest, savanna[28][29]
IUCN conservation status
least concern[3]
Litter size
+3.9[32]
Main food source
fruit, mammal, Reptilia, mushroom, snail[6][7][8][9][10]
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WikiProject Invasion Biology[31]
Original combination
Struthio casuarius[11]
P14516
endangered
Parent taxon
Casuarius[4]
Taxon common name
casowari'r De, Southern Cassowary, Helmkasuar, Casuario común, casuari comú, kasuár přílbový, kiiverkaasuar, Toflikkasuar, Шлемоносный казуар, ヒクイドリ, Hjelmkasuar, kypäräkasuaari, sisakos kazuár, kazuar hełmiasty, kazuár veľkoprilbý, hjälmkasuar, Helmkasuaris, Casoar à casque, Casuario meridionale, casuar-de-capacete, šalminis kazuaras, Kasuari gelambir-ganda, казуар шоломний, veliki kazuar, casuar-do-sul[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Taxon name
Casuarius casuarius[5]
Taxon range
Papua, Seram, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Africa
Taxon rank
species[2]
This taxon is source of
Casuarius casuarius feces[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en double-wattled cassowary en Casuarius casuarius en Casuarius casuarius sp. en Australian cassowary en Southern Cassowary en two-wattled cassowary ar شبنم جنوبي ar كسوري cs kasuár přílbový cs Casuarius casuarius cs Kasuár přilbový cs Kasuár jižní da Hjelmkasuar de Cassowary de Helmkasuar de Casuarius casuarius sp. de Casuarius casuarius el Καζουάριος της Αυστραλίας es Casuario común es Casuario Austral
🔖 Identifiers · 42
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Southern Cassowary 7071.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Casuarius_casuarius
ARKive ID (archived)
southern-cassowary/casuarius-casuarius
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Casuarius_casuarius
Avibase taxon ID
8B9D93D84AC854E7
BBC Things ID
780e2158-b95d-444e-a0e9-62c770861798
BOLD Systems taxon ID
747348
BioLib taxon ID
8320
BirdLife Australia ID
southern-cassowary
BirdLife taxon ID
22678108
Birdata ID
2
CalPhotos taxon ID
Casuarius+casuarius
Show all 42 identifiers +30
Catalogue of Life ID
RQZ2
EBiodiversity ID
43627
EBird taxon ID
soucas1
EPPO Code
CASUCA
Freebase ID
/m/05z8kw
GBIF taxon ID
5231783
GenBank assembly accession number
GCA_003342895.1, GCA_013396415.1
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
casuari
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0089242
INaturalist taxon ID
20500
IRMNG ID
10594159
ITIS TSN
553788
IUCN taxon ID
22678108
Macaulay Library taxon ID
soucas1
NBIC scientific name ID
174174
NCBI taxonomy ID
8787
Observation.org taxon ID
70129
Oiseaux.net ID
casoar.a.casque
Open Tree of Life ID
589152
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
399809
Quora topic ID
Southern-Cassowary
Sequenced genome URL
www.dnazoo.org
Tierstimmenarchiv ID
3578
Topic's main category
Category:Casuarius casuarius
UMLS CUI
C0999148
Vikidia article ID
fr:Casoar_à_casque
WikiKids ID
Helmkasuaris
Xeno-canto species ID
Casuarius-casuarius
Yale LUX ID
concept/7cafadf9-37a3-443b-a7eb-2f6255a6079e
ZooBank ID for name or act
2E342E7C-444C-4DA3-8C42-0BA3B973C659

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🔗 Connections
← Species kept 15
Edinburgh Zoo, Los Angeles Zoo, Bristol Zoo, Zoo Atlanta, Pairi Daiza, Houston Zoo, Zoo Miami, Birmingham Zoo +7 more
Main food source 5
mammal, fruit, Reptilia, mushroom, snail
Taxon range 5
Africa, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Seram
Habitat 2
forest, savanna
Diel cycle 1
diurnality
IUCN conservation status 1
least concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Casuarius
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

Southern cassowary is a taxon[1].

Related Entities

Indonesia Papua New Guinea Seram

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . YouTube. youtube.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . iucnredlist.org. Retrieved . iucnredlist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . iucnredlist.org. Retrieved . iucnredlist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . iucnredlist.org. iucnredlist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · ~2026-48217-55 · 2026-10-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Southern Cassowary 7071.jpg
    Sitelink count → 54
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'ban', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy',
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Southern Cassowary 7071.jpg"
  2. 8w ago · TerrorBite · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14516 → endangered
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14516: endangered, Added EPBC conservation status (P14516) using data from https://www.environment.gov.au"
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