An Australian bird with shaggy gray-brown feathers and long, powerful legs.
Its wings are greatly reduced, and each foot has three forward-pointing toes. The sparsely feathered head and neck show blue-black skin.
Male Emus incubate large green eggs and tend striped chicks as they grow and walk nearby.
Although the species is widespread, the NSW North Coast population has conservation problems. Coastal birds disperse seeds, while nesting birds and young face local threats.
Regional work addresses vehicle collisions and movement barriers through signs, community engagement and landholder cooperation on safer movement routes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The NSW North Coast population faces vehicle strikes, fencing barriers and predation. Conservation addresses road risk and connections between food and safer habitat.