Emu
Dromaius novaehollandiae
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Dromaius novaehollandiae
- Class
- Bird
- Order
- Casuariiformes
- Family
- Casuariidae
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Size
- Large (2–4 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Oceania
- Habitat
- Grassland, Savanna, Desert
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- The male sits on the dark green eggs for about eight weeks and hardly eats or drinks meanwhile.
- In 1932 Australian soldiers with machine guns went to cull emus and largely failed, the so-called Emu War.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q93208 · All animals · All entries