_Dinornis casuarinus_ Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. III, p. 307 (1846).
_Syornis casuarinus_ Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. der Vög, p. XXX (1850).
_Meionornis casuarinus_ Haast, Trans. N.Z. Inst., VII, pp. 54-91
(1875).
_Syornis casuarinus_ Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., XXIV, p. 133 (1892).
_C. casuarinus_ is found in both Islands, and is abundant in the Middle
Island.
The type came from Waikowaiti.
Habitat: New Zealand.
Portions of one skeleton and two almost complete skeletons in Tring Museum;
one of the latter from Kapua Swamps.
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