Northern cassowary

Northern cassowary
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	Casuariiformes
Family:	Casuariidae
Genus:	Casuarius
Species:	C. unappendiculatus
Binomial name
	Casuarius unappendiculatus; Blyth, 1860
	Distribution of the northern cassowary
Synonyms
	Casuarius doggetti Rothschild 1904; Casuarius unappendiculatus doggetti (Rothschild 1904); Casuarius unappendiculatus hagenbecki (Rothschild 1904); Casuarius unappendiculatus jamrachi (Rothschild 1904); Casuarius unappendiculatus mitratus Rothschild 1904; Casuarius unappendiculatus multicolor Le Souef 1930; Casuarius unappendiculatus suffusus Rothschild 1904; Casuarius rothschildi Matschie 1901; Casuarius unappendiculatus rothschildi (Matschie 1901); Casuarius philipi Rothschild 1898; Casuarius unappendiculatus philipi (Rothschild 1898); Casuarius unappendiculatus unappendiculatus (Blyth 1860); Casuarius occipitalis Salvadori 1878; Casuarius unappendiculatus occipitalis (Salvadori 1878); Casuarius unappendiculatus rufotinctus Rothschild 1900; Casuarius unappendiculatus aurentiacus Rothschild 1899; Casuarius kaupi Rosenberg 1861; Casuarius laglaizei Oustalet 1893;

The northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) also known as the one-wattled cassowary, single-wattled cassowary, or golden-necked cassowary, is a large, stocky flightless bird of northern New Guinea. It is one of the three living species of cassowary, alongside the dwarf cassowary and the southern cassowary. It is a member of the superorder Paleognathae.

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