Family: Casuariidae (Cassowaries, Emus)

Authority: Blyth, 1860

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
Population size estimates suggest that the population size is actually larger than previously estimated, and hunting is not thought to be impacting the species as severely as previously thought. This, combined with a large range means that the species is no longer considered to approach the threshold for Vulnerable under any criterion, and hence is now listed as Least Concern.

Population size: 10000-19999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 498,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial