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'''Cassowaries''' ({{langx|ms|kasuari}}; [[Biak language|Biak]]: ''man suar'' {{gloss|bird strong}};{{cite book|language=nl|author=F.J.F. Van Hasselt|title=Noemfoorsch Woordenboek|publisher=J.H. De Bussy|year=1947|page=146}}{{cite book|language=id|author=Soeparno|title=Kamus Bahasa Biak-Indonesia|publisher=Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pendidikan|year=1977|pages=39, 71}} {{langx|tpi|muruk}}; [[Papuan languages|Papuan]]:{{Clarification needed|reason=Which papuan language? Many papuan languages have words similar to ''-suari'' part not split into ''kasu'' and ''weri''.|date=July 2024}} ''kasu weri'' {{gloss|horned head}}{{cite web |url= https://www.heritagelodge.net.au/interesting-facts-about-cassowaries/|title= Interesting facts about Cassowaries|date= 2021 |website= Heritage Lodge}}) are [[flightless birds]] of the genus '''''Casuarius''''', in the order [[Casuariiformes]]. They are classified as [[ratites]], flightless birds without a [[keel (bird anatomy)|keel]] on their [[sternum]] bones. Cassowaries are native to the [[tropical forest]]s of [[New Guinea]] ([[Western New Guinea]] and [[Papua New Guinea]]), [[the Moluccas]] ([[Seram Island|Seram]] and [[Aru Islands]]), and northeastern [[Australia]].{{harvp|Clements|2007|}}.

'''Cassowaries''' ({{langx|id|kasuari}}; [[Biak language|Biak]]: ''man suar'' {{gloss|bird strong}};{{cite book|language=nl|author=F.J.F. Van Hasselt|title=Noemfoorsch Woordenboek|publisher=J.H. De Bussy|year=1947|page=146}}{{cite book|language=id|author=Soeparno|title=Kamus Bahasa Biak-Indonesia|publisher=Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pendidikan|year=1977|pages=39, 71}} {{langx|tpi|muruk}}; [[Papuan languages|Papuan]]:{{Clarification needed|reason=Which papuan language? Many papuan languages have words similar to ''-suari'' part not split into ''kasu'' and ''weri''.|date=July 2024}} ''kasu weri'' {{gloss|horned head}}{{cite web |url= https://www.heritagelodge.net.au/interesting-facts-about-cassowaries/|title= Interesting facts about Cassowaries|date= 2021 |website= Heritage Lodge}}) are [[flightless birds]] of the genus '''''Casuarius''''', in the order [[Casuariiformes]]. They are classified as [[ratites]], flightless birds without a [[keel (bird anatomy)|keel]] on their [[sternum]] bones. Cassowaries are native to the [[tropical forest]]s of [[New Guinea]] ([[Western New Guinea]] and [[Papua New Guinea]]), [[the Moluccas]] ([[Seram Island|Seram]] and [[Aru Islands]]), and northeastern [[Australia]].{{harvp|Clements|2007|}}.

Three cassowary species are [[Extant taxon|extant]]. The most common, the [[southern cassowary]],{{cite web |url= https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/cassowary |title= Cassowary |date= 2022 |website= San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance |access-date= 18 September 2022}} is the fourth-tallest and third-heaviest living bird, smaller only than the two species of [[ostrich]] and the [[emu]]. The other two species of cassowary are the [[northern cassowary]] and the [[dwarf cassowary]]; the northern cassowary is the most recently discovered and the most threatened. A fourth, extinct, species is the [[pygmy cassowary]].

Three cassowary species are [[Extant taxon|extant]]. The most common, the [[southern cassowary]],{{cite web |url= https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/cassowary |title= Cassowary |date= 2022 |website= San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance |access-date= 18 September 2022}} is the fourth-tallest and third-heaviest living bird, smaller only than the two species of [[ostrich]] and the [[emu]]. The other two species of cassowary are the [[northern cassowary]] and the [[dwarf cassowary]]; the northern cassowary is the most recently discovered and the most threatened. A fourth, extinct, species is the [[pygmy cassowary]].