An emu has scratched a keeper at Adelaide Zoo during a morning feed.

The staff member received minor scratches on her face and arms while she was handfeeding Cecil the emu in its private enclosure just before 10am.

Ambulance called after Adelaide Zoo staff member injured while treating emu. @10NewsFirstAdl pic.twitter.com/0QumkUu7fs — Alan Murrell (@AlanMurrell10) March 12, 2019

A keeper’s been attacked by an emu at the Adelaide Zoo. She has cuts to her arm and face @7NewsAdelaide pic.twitter.com/JwT7TqoJau — Lauren Rose (@laurenrosevj) March 12, 2019

The animal carer, aged in her 20s, has been taken to Royal Adelaide Hospital via an ambulance in a stable condition.

The three-year-old bird will be kept off public exhibition today.

Cecil joined Adelaide Zoo in May 2016 as a chick after his father and all of his siblings were killed by a car.

After being rescued from the roadside by keeper Di, he was hand raised at home for a year before moving to the zoo.