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Genus Casuarius
Dwarf Cassowary - The scientific name commemorates the Australian naturalist George Bennett.
Southern Cassowary - It has hard and stiff plumage, a brown casque, blue face and neck, red nape and two red wattles hanging down its throat. The three-toed feet are thick and powerful, equipped with a lethal dagger-like claw up to 12 cm on the inner toe. It is technically the largest Asian bird and the largest Australian bird .
Northern Cassowary - It's binomial name Casuarius unappendiculatus, can be broken down to Casuarius is kesuari Malay for cassowary. unappendiculatus means unus, one, appendicis, appendage, -culus, diminutive, and -atus, provided with: cassowary provided with one small appendage, referring to the single wattle.