Casuarius casuarius
6 Southern Cassowary at Cape Tribulation, QLD
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| Casuarius casuarius | Liam.m | 6 Aug 2024 | |
| Casuarius casuarius | lbradley | 6 Aug 2024 |
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Significant sighting
JasonPStewart noted:
27 Sep 2024
Threatened, major iconic, and ecosystem 'keystone species' aka in literal words: irreplaceable part of the ecosystem, including reproduction, sustainability, recovery from disasters, evolution of many tens of millions of years, and so on .
6 comments
8 Aug 2024
8 Aug 2024
I’ve just sent an email to Lewis, MM, Aaron and Ciaran about species information.
8 Aug 2024
The Cairns aquarium says there are only about 4000 in the wild. I can’t believe I was lucky enough to see one!
Location information
- Places Cape Tribulation, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- lbradley Recorded by
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- Cape York Trip Significant Featured lbradley NatureMapr Casuarius casuarius Magpie or larger Other Birds Birds
Species information
- Casuarius casuarius Scientific name
- Southern Cassowary Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 950.22m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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