Kangaroo Island emu (Dromaius baudinianus), King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor)

Query: Extinct birds

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Subject:	Kangaroo Island emu (Dromaius baudinianus), King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Hand coloured lithograph (circa 1911) of (Dromaius minor). Which is now a synonym of the King Island Emu (Dromaius ater). However, this image was based on an image by Charles-Alexandre Lessueur, artist on Baudin's voyage, which depicted specimens from kangaroo Island. From The Birds of Australia (1910-28) by Gregory Macalister Mathews (1876-1949). Artwork by Henrik Gronvold (1858–1940) a Danish bird illustrator.
Copper engraving printed in 1808.
Date 1911
Source http://extinct-website.com/extinct-website/product_info.php?products_id=377
Author Henrik Gronvold (Henrik Grönvold)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baudin_emus-old.jpg

Kangaroo Island emu or dwarf emu (Dromaius baudinianus) is an extinct member of the bird family Dromaiidae. It was restricted to Kangaroo Island, South Australia, which was known as Ile Decrés by the members of the Baudin expedition. It differed from the mainland emu mainly in its smaller size. The species became extinct by about 1827.

The King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor) is an extinct subspecies of emu that was endemic to King Island, which is situated in the Bass Strait between mainland Australia and Tasmania.

Extinct birds
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