Northern cassowary

Northern cassowary
At Bali Bird Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Casuariiformes
Family: Casuariidae
Genus: Casuarius
Species:
C. unappendiculatus
Binomial name
Casuarius unappendiculatus
Blyth, 1860[2]
Distribution of the northern cassowary
Synonyms[3]
  • Casuarius doggetti Rothschild 1904
  • Casuarius unappendiculatus doggetti (Rothschild 1904)
  • Casuarius unappendiculatus hagenbecki (Rothschild 1904)
  • Casuarius unappendiculatus jamrachi (Rothschild 1904)
  • Casuarius unappendiculatus mitratus Rothschild 1904
  • Casuarius unappendiculatus multicolor Le Souef 1930
  • Casuarius unappendiculatus suffusus Rothschild 1904
  • Casuarius rothschildi Matschie 1901
  • Casuarius unappendiculatus rothschildi (Matschie 1901)
  • Casuarius philipi Rothschild 1898
  • Casuarius unappendiculatus philipi (Rothschild 1898)
  • Casuarius unappendiculatus unappendiculatus (Blyth 1860)
  • Casuarius occipitalis Salvadori 1878
  • Casuarius unappendiculatus occipitalis (Salvadori 1878)
  • Casuarius unappendiculatus rufotinctus Rothschild 1900
  • Casuarius unappendiculatus aurentiacus Rothschild 1899
  • Casuarius kaupi Rosenberg 1861
  • Casuarius laglaizei Oustalet 1893

The northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus), also known as the one-wattled cassowary, single-wattled cassowary,[2] 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 member of the superorder Paleognathae.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Casuarius unappendiculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22678114A118134784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22678114A118134784.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
  3. ^ Peron, Richard. "Taxonomy of the Genus Casuarius". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.