Dromaius ater

Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot first identified the King Island Emu from a specimen from King Island, Tasmania, in 1817.

The Dromaius ater is classified as Extinct (EX), there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.

Nothing known about the Dromaius ater

Order : Struthioniformes
Family : Dromaiidae
Genus : Dromaius
Species : ater
Authority : (Vieillot, 1817)