Southern Cassowary

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Murray Falls, Murry Upper, TN Qld IMG_4606 20240823- male: wattles are not very big. CLICK for one at Etty Beach,
FNE Qld 20180526.

Notes: Large, black, shaggy. Bare head & neck. Bony casque. Crimson wattles – larger, brighter
on female. Powerful thick legs. Three clawed toes, middle longer and sharp! Most common in
lowland rainforests but occurs all altitudes near streams, clearings. Active near dawn, dusk.

Range from Morcombe^©(modified)

Cassowary House, Kuranda, FNE Qld IMG_8003 20191128 - female: larger, brighter wattles.

Cassowary House, Kuranda, FNE Qld IMG_8282 20191129 - adult toes

Etty Beach, FN Qld IMG_8610 20190723 - male. Click pic to see four months later (IMG_5732 20191114).

Mission Beach street, FNE Qld IMG_5709 20191114 - male and chicks feeding on mangoes.

Cassowary House, Kuranda, FNE Qld IMG_8423 20191129 - male & chick

Etty Beach, FNE Qld IMG_5742 20191114 - juvenile

Cassowary House, Kuranda, FNE Qld IMG_8375 20191129 - chick

Mission Beach street, FNE Qld IMG_5708 20191114 - male and chicks feeding on mangoes.

Mt Hypipamee NP, FN Qld MVI_4476 20151111 - female

Cassowary House, Kuranda, FNE Qld IMG_8001 20191128 - female drinking.