Emu (Dromaiidae)
Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) - HBW 1, p. 103
French: Emeu d'Australie
German: Emu
Spanish: Emú
Other common names: Larger/Spotted Emu
Taxonomy: Casuarius N. Hollandiae Latham, 1790, Sydney, New South Wales.
Race diemenensis of Tasmania extinct. Some authorities recognize three surviving races, novaehollandiae, woodwardi and rothschildi, while extinct species D. ater (=minor) and D. baudinianus (=diemenianus) have also been considered mere races of present species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Australia. Introduced to Kangaroo I and Maria I (both off S Australia).
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An adult and several juveniles in a field, preening and foraging Locality Wyperfeld National Park, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Matt Weeks 5 June 2004 5 years ago 43 sec 4.5 -
A chick on the ground, next to an adult Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Jan Wigmore 31 March 2008 3 years ago 15 sec 4.4 -
An adult with its chicks walking and feeding on the ground Locality Stockyard Plain, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 27 September 2003 8 years ago 1 min 38 sec 4.3 -
A group of large chicks Locality Parc de les Aus, Vilassar de Mar, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 June 2005 5 years ago 15 sec 4 -
A bird walking on the ground Locality Mareeba Wetland, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 22 October 2006 5 years ago 51 sec 3.9 -
A close-up of the head of an adult, and then of another Locality Parc de les Aus, Vilassar de Mar, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 June 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 3.8
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Adult bird portrait.
Locality Wrocław Zoo, Wrocław, Lower Silesian Province, Poland (Monotypic species)
Hanna Sztwiertnia 8 October 2009 1 year ago 4.4 -
Emu about 20 months old.
Locality Willie Retreat , Gibson Way, New South Wales, Australia
Chris Charles 20 April 2011 10 weeks ago 4.2 -
a head detail
Locality Willie Retreat , Gibson Way, New South Wales, Australia
Arnie Hollyman 18 weeks ago 4 -
Juvenile Emu
Locality Tenerife, Canary Islands
Rafael Zamora Padrón 4 August 2008 2 years ago 4 -
Curious Emu came to check us out
Locality Mount Lyndhurst, Strzelecki Track, South Australia, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 14 August 2011 7 weeks ago 3.7 -
An adult walking in dry grass.
Locality Georgetown, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 30 April 2005 1 year ago 3.6
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