Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Anna Folch, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, Ernest Garcia, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 28, 2017
Text last updated December 28, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Asturian | Casuariu |
Catalan | casuari comú |
Croatian | veliki kazuar |
Czech | kasuár přílbový |
Danish | Hjelmkasuar |
Dutch | Helmkasuaris |
English | Southern Cassowary |
English (United States) | Southern Cassowary |
French | Casoar à casque |
French (France) | Casoar à casque |
German | Helmkasuar |
Icelandic | Hjálmkasúi |
Indonesian | Kasuari gelambir-ganda |
Japanese | ヒクイドリ |
Norwegian | toflikkasuar |
Polish | kazuar hełmiasty |
Russian | Шлемоносный казуар |
Serbian | Južni kazuar |
Slovak | kazuár veľkoprilbý |
Spanish | Casuario Común |
Spanish (Spain) | Casuario común |
Swedish | hjälmkasuar |
Turkish | Güneyli Kasuari |
Ukrainian | Казуар шоломний |
Casuarius casuarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Struthio Casuarius
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. ed.10, p.155.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Asia, Sumatra, Moluccas, Banda; Ceram, 'corrected type locality, Rothschild, 1900, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 15, p. 115.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CASUARIUS
- casuarius
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