The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the second-largest living bird by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. Emus can travel...
The Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) is a large flightless bird closely related to the emu, ostriches, rheas and kiwis. It looks somewhat like a huge prehistoric turkey on stilts, wearing a large pointed casque or helmet. It is the second...
The Northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) is a large, stocky flightless bird from northern New Guinea. It is the most recently discovered of all the cassowary species. Edward Blyth first identified the Northern cassowary from a specimen...
The Dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti) is the smallest of the three extant species of cassowaries. Its scientific name commemorates the Australian naturalist George Bennett. He was the first scientist to examine these birds after a few were...
The Tasmanian emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis ) is an extinct subspecies of the emu. It was found in Tasmania, where it had become isolated during the Late Pleistocene. As opposed to the other insular emu taxa, the King Island emu and the...
The King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor ) is an extinct subspecies of emu that was endemic to King Island, in the Bass Strait between mainland Australia and Tasmania. Its closest relative may be the extinct Tasmanian emu (D. n....
The Kangaroo Island emu or dwarf emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus ) is an extinct subspecies of emu. It was restricted to Kangaroo Island, South Australia, which was known as Ile Decrés by the members of the Baudin expedition. It differed...
Casuarius lydekkeri is an extinct species of cassowary.
