Emu
Adult Male with Young
Emu
Head
| Emu Adult Male with Young | | Emu Head | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | |||
| Order: | Flightless Birds (Struthioniformes) | ||||
| Family: | Emu (Dromaidae) | ||||
| Species: | Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) | ||||
| This Photo: | Adult Male, profile | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), and elsewhere Big ugly bird, in fact the biggest Australian native bird, but perhaps not the ugliest Runs very fast (up to 50km/hr), is very tall (nearly 2m) and timid. They have a scruffy white collar in breeding season. Their lower beak is serrated, designed for grazing. The male looks after the eggs & young. While incubating them he doesn't eat, drink or defecate! It's not generally possible to determine gender visually. | |||||
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