Southern Cassowary
Casuarius casuarius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCasuariiformes (Cassowaries and Emus)
- FamilyCasuariidae (Cassowaries and Emus)
- GenusCasuarius (Cassowaries)
- SpeciesCasuarius casuarius (Southern Cassowary)
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Lorentz National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Southern Cassowary in Daintree National Park?
About 11% of visitor-days record a Southern Cassowary sighting in Daintree National Park, based on 204 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern Cassowary in Daintree National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Southern Cassowary in Daintree National Park in our monthly data.