Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Timothy P. Healy
Version: 2.0 — Published July 15, 2022
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Casuariu |
| Bulgarian | Обикновен казуар |
| 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 |
Revision Notes
Timothy P. Healy revised the account. JoAnn Hackos, Robin K. Murie, Daphne R. Walmer, and Miriam Kowarski copyedited the account. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Casuarius casuarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Struthio Casuarius
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, 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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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Southern Cassowary
