Northern cassowary: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the northern cassowary lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Casuarius unappendiculatus
Group	Ostriches, emus, kiwis & rheas
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Asia, Oceania
Diet (main food)	Reptilia, fruit, snail, mammal, mushroom
Class	Bird
Order	Casuariiformes
Family	Casuariidae

Where does the northern cassowary live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the northern cassowary in 2 countries and territories across Asia and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Yapen Island, Indonesia, New Guinea.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What does a northern cassowary eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the northern cassowary as: Reptilia, fruit, snail, mammal, mushroom.

Is the northern cassowary endangered?

The northern cassowary’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the northern cassowary?

The northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) is a bird in the order Casuariiformes and the family Casuariidae, genus Casuarius. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the northern cassowary

The northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus), also known as the one-wattled cassowary, single-wattled cassowary, 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 ratite, a polyphyletic group of flightless Paleognaths, which includes birds like the ostrich and emu.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Northern cassowary (revision 1374750503), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q843182 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).