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Hybridization between Ratites

I recently observed some Lesser Cassowary X Emu hybrids in a private avicultural collection. The Smithsonian museum has two skins of this cross as well. The male progeny appear to be fully fertile but the females apparently only rarely lay. The males can be bred to the female Emu and produce fully fertile offspring.

The two Rhea species have been known to interbreed in zoological collections.

Kiwis are documented as hybridizing in captivity as well.