The dwarf cassowary, also known as Bennett's cassowary, little cassowary, mountain cassowary or mooruk, is the smallest of the three species of cassowaries. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Gould, J 1857
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
Part 25 (1857), no.343 p.269 pl.129
Protonym:
Casuarius Bennetti
Type locality:
New Britain.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860836#page/851/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
7751E0D145194220
Avibase ID:
avibase-7751E0D1
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7751E0D1
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174388
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Casoar de Bennett ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Casoar de Bennett ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
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Clements 6th edition: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
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eBird version 1.55: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Casuarius bennetti [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Casuarius bennetti [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Casuarius bennetti [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Dwarf Cassowary ( Casuarius bennetti) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Casuarius bennetti [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Casuarius bennetti [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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