🐦

Dwarf Cassowary

Casuarius bennetti

Least Concern

날개 폭

43.4 cm

체중

26300.0 g

과

Casuariidae

목

Casuariiformes

소개

높이 약 1 m에 달하는 가장 작은 화식조로 광택 있는 검은 깃털과 낮은 투구, 두 개의 붉은 육수를 가진다. 날지 못하며 독거성으로 식물을 헤치고 나아가는 데 투구를 활용하는 울창한 산악 열대우림을 누빈다. 떨어진 과일, 균류, 소형 동물을 먹는다.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
날개 폭	43.4 cm	17.1 in
체중	26300.0 g	927.71 oz

식별

깃털

Glossy blue-black body feathers. Bare neck skin blue with red patches at rear; smaller casque than other cassowaries. Reduced wattles. Chicks streaked brown and cream for camouflage.

Habitat & Range

Dense montane rainforest and cloud forest at 600–3,300 m on New Guinea. Forages on the forest floor among root tangles and dense understorey. Avoids lowland and heavily disturbed forest.

🌲 Forest

분포 지역

Restricted to Haast district on New Zealand's South Island. Rarest kiwi; non-migratory and sedentary in lowland rainforest.

Diet & Feeding

Nocturnal omnivore in Stewart Island forests; extracts earthworms and insect larvae from peaty soils; takes berries and amphipods.

보전 상태

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

행동 및 번식

둥지

Nest type: SC. Incubation: 49-52 days.

산란 수

3-5

소리

노래

Produces very deep, low-frequency booming calls similar to Southern Cassowary, though less studied. Also gives hissing sounds when threatened. Mostly silent in dense forest.

분류학

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
목	Casuariiformes (Cassowaries & Emus)
과	Casuariidae (Cassowaries)
Genus	Casuarius
종	Casuarius bennetti

Distribution

Dwarf Cassowary has been recorded in 1 countries.

{# Distribution Map — simplified SVG world map with highlighted countries. Expects `country_codes` variable: list of ISO alpha-2 codes (e.g. ["US", "CA", "MX"]). Uses Alpine.js to toggle classes on country paths. #}

출현 Not recorded

countries highlighted

🇳🇴 Norway

External Databases

자주 묻는 질문

What does the Dwarf Cassowary eat?

Nocturnal omnivore in Stewart Island forests; extracts earthworms and insect larvae from peaty soils; takes berries and amphipods.

Where does the Dwarf Cassowary live?

Dense montane rainforest and cloud forest at 600–3,300 m on New Guinea. Forages on the forest floor among root tangles and dense understorey. Avoids lowland and heavily disturbed forest.

Is the Dwarf Cassowary endangered?

The Dwarf Cassowary has a conservation status of Least Concern.

How does the Dwarf Cassowary nest?

Nest type: SC. Incubation: 49-52 days.

What does the Dwarf Cassowary sound like?

Produces very deep, low-frequency booming calls similar to Southern Cassowary, though less studied. Also gives hissing sounds when threatened. Mostly silent in dense forest.

How big is the Dwarf Cassowary?

The Dwarf Cassowary has a wingspan of 43.4 cm, weight of 26300.0 g.

What order and family does the Dwarf Cassowary belong to?

The Dwarf Cassowary (Casuarius bennetti) belongs to the order Casuariiformes and the family Casuariidae.