Southern cassowary
The southern cassowary is the second heaviest bird in the world. These shy rainforest birds have only three toes on each foot, one of which has a particularly long claw that can be used to inflict serious injuries if the bird is threatened.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 9/1942/1
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Birds
- Collection Area Region
- Australia and New Zealand
- Collector Excavator
- Maxwell, Mr Patrick Hall (from the collection of)
- Common Name
- southern cassowary
- Simple Name
- bird
