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Casuarius casuarius
A large flightless bird with black plumage, a blue face and neck, red on the nape and two red wattles hanging down around its throat.Its most prominent feature is its horn-like brown casque which sits atop the head.Sexually monomorphic, but the female is dominant and larger with a longer casque, larger bill and brighter-colored bare parts.
In its natural habitat the southern cassowary is distributed in tropical rainforests of Indonesia, New Guinea and northeastern Australia. This specimen lives in Pairi Daiza, Belgium.
Spotted on Aug 31, 2014
Submitted on Oct 16, 2014
2 Comments
Hahaha!!! Sukanya, not really :-)
My camera is Olympus SP-820UZ 40x wide optical zoom, 80X SR zoom. I guess it helps that the animal is in a zoo and therefore not running away at first sight of people :-D
What a fantastic closeup... I am almost as close to it as its mom was when it hatched. You must have a monster camera! Thanks.