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Immature © Christian Cholette
Juvenile © Hervé JACOB
Adult © Daniel López-Velasco | Ornis Birding Expeditions
Adult © Sujan Chatterjee

Northern Cassowary Casuarius unappendiculatus

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An enormous flightless bird of lowland rainforest. Shaggy black plumage, blue head and bright red or yellow around the base of the neck. Large casque flattened at the back and a single wattle from the throat. A very shy and little-known species which, like other cassowaries, forages on the forest floor, mainly for fallen fruit. Similar to Southern Cassowary but Northern has single rather than double wattle, different-shaped casque and usually red or yellow all the way around the base of the throat.

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