NOUN | a southern cassowary | southern cassowaries | |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- As well as many other plants of conservation significance it, and adjoining uncleared areas, also protect the habitat of threatened rainforest animals such as the southern cassowary, striped possum and Bennett's tree-kangaroo.
- Threatened fauna found on Mount Zero-Taravale include the southern cassowary, masked owl, northern bettong and northern quoll.
- Several ratites, including the common ostrich, the emu and the southern cassowary, use various bare parts of their bodies (including their beaks) to dissipate as much as 40% of their metabolic heat production.
- Cassowary Crossing is located near the south-side ramp for the Anthony Wayne Trail Footbridge. The exhibit features the southern cassowary.
- The Ella Bay area is home to a large variety of plant and animal life including iconic species like the endangered southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii), endangered and vulnerable frog species including the Australian lace-lid, common mist frog and waterfall frog, remnant native plants and estuarine crocodiles.
- Most of it lies within the Paluma Important Bird Area (IBA), so identified by BirdLife International because it is a southern outlier for many species and contains a significant population of the vulnerable southern cassowary.
- Here is an important habitat of the endangered southern cassowary, a large flightless bird, which has been recorded only in the tropical rainforests of Queensland and New Guinea.
- These birds were similar in the form and habitat of the modern "Casuarius casuarius", the flightless and rainforest dwelling the southern cassowary.
- The southern cassowary has been described under a large number of scientific names, all of which are now considered taxonomic synonyms for the species.
- However, The Daintree Region is home to a number of rare and endangered species, including the southern cassowary ("Casuarius Casuarius") and Bennett's tree-kangaroo ("Dendrolagus bennettianus").
- The southern cassowary is often killed by motor vehicles.
- The largest bird in the ecoregion is the flightless southern cassowary ("Casuarius casuarius").
- The southern cassowary eats the fruit and flowers.
- Bird species include: Australasian darter; Australian pelican; Australian white ibis; Barking owl; Black swan; Black-necked stork; Brolga; Bush stone-curlew; Dusky moorhen; Eastern barn owl; Eastern bristlebird; Eclectus parrot; Emu; Great egret; Little black cormorant; Magpie goose; Nankeen night heron; Plumed whistling duck; Rufous night-heron; Scrub turkey; Southern cassowary; Tawny frogmouth; Wedge-tailed eagle and White-bellied sea eagle.
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