6 Southern Cassowary at Cape Tribulation, QLD
Identification history
| Casuarius casuarius | 6 Aug 2024 | Liam.m | ||
| Casuarius casuarius | 6 Aug 2024 | lbradley |
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Significant sighting
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 noted:
27 Sep 2024
Threatened, major iconic, and ecosystem 'keystone species' aka in literal words: irreplaceable part of the ecosystem, including reproduction, sustainability, recovery from disasters, evolution of many tens of millions of years, and so on .
6 comments
Steve818
wrote:
8 Aug 2024
lbradley
wrote:
8 Aug 2024
I’ve just sent an email to Lewis, MM, Aaron and Ciaran about species information.
lbradley
wrote:
8 Aug 2024
The Cairns aquarium says there are only about 4000 in the wild. I can’t believe I was lucky enough to see one!
Location information
- Maps Daintree National Park
- Places Cape Tribulation, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Aug 2024 09:34 AM Recorded on
- lbradley Recorded by
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Species information
- Casuarius casuarius Scientific name
- Southern Cassowary Common name
- Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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