Arabian ostrich painting from The Book of Animals by al-Jahiz. Syria, 14th century.
Conservation status
Extinct (1966) (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Infraclass:
Palaeognathae
Order:
Struthioniformes
Family:
Struthionidae
Genus:
Struthio
Species:
S. camelus
Subspecies:
†S. c. syriacus
Trinomial name
†Struthio camelus syriacus
Rothschild, 1919[2]
The Arabian ostrich (Struthio camelus syriacus), Syrian ostrich, or Middle Eastern ostrich is an extinct subspecies of the ostrich that lived on the Arabian Peninsula and in the Near East until the mid-20th century.
^BirdLife International. (2018). "Struthio camelus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T45020636A132189458. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T45020636A132189458.en. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
the ostrich that lived on the Arabian Peninsula and in the Near East until the mid-20th century. The Arabianostrich's range seems to have been continuous...
Africa. The common ostrich was historically native to the Arabian Peninsula, and ostriches were present across Asia as far east as China and Mongolia...
subspecies of ostriches, making it the largest living bird. In the 1990s, mtDNA analyses control region haplotypes revealed that the Arabianostrich from Western...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain large areas of Africa. It is one of two extant...
DNA of Struthio taxa, including the extinct Arabianostrich S. c. syriacus, has found that the Somali ostrich is phylogenetically the most distinct, appearing...
are considered as Asia's largest bird since the extinction of the Arabianostrich. Moreover, not only is the cassowary Asia's largest bird, within New...
The Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus), also known as the East African ostrich is a red-necked subspecies variety of the common ostrich and is endemic...
interbreeding by behavioral and ecological differences. The Arabianostriches in Asia Minor and Arabia were hunted to extinction by the middle of the 20th century...
terrestrial mammals such as the Arabian oryx and Arabian gazelle are protected and are held in nature reserves. The Arabian gazelle is the only native gazelle...
is technically the largest Asian bird (since the extinction of the Arabianostrich) and the largest Australian bird (though the emu may be slightly taller)...
or even extinct. Species like gazelle, onager and the now-extinct Arabianostrich lived in the steppe bordering the Euphrates valley, while the valley...
by mass is the common ostrich (Struthio camelus), closely followed by the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes). A male ostrich can reach a height of...
and related birds Arabianostrich, Struthio camelus syriacus (Arabia, 1966) The last record of this subspecies of the common ostrich was a bird found dead...
ingredients save for the ostrich meat together in a pot, binding them with starch, and pouring the mixture over boiled ostrich meat, while Faas, in his...
Fossil Ostrich: A Revision of Struthio asiaticus, from the Siwaliks of India. Diversity, 14(10), 860. Boug, A. & Islam, M.Z. (2018) "Dating Saudi Arabian Desert...
at high speeds. Common ostrich, Struthio camelus Linnaeus, 1758 North African ostrich, Struthio camelus camelus Arabianostrich, Struthio camelus syriacus...
at high speeds. Common ostrich, Struthio camelus reintroduced North African ostrich, Struthio camelus camelus (I) Arabianostrich, Struthio camelus syriacus...
Struthio coppensi is an extinct species of ostrich located near Elisabethfeld, Namibia. This ostrich is believed to have lived during the Miocene, about...
2018). Boug, A. & Islam, M.Z. (2018) "Dating Saudi Arabian Desert Surface Assemblages with ArabianOstrich Struthio camelus syriacus Eggshell by C14: Propositions...
Saudi Arabia, and western Iraq. It accounts for 85% of the land area of Jordan and 55% of Syria. To the south it borders and merges into the Arabian Desert...
to run at high speeds. Common ostrich, Struthio camelus (Ex) Arabianostrich, Struthio camelus syriacus (X) Somali ostrich, Struthio molybdophanes (I) Order:...
gazelle was officially declared extinct on the IUCN Red List. ArabianostrichArabian gazelle IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2016). "Gazella saudiya"...
run at high speeds. Common ostrich, Struthio camelus Arabianostrich, Struthio camelus syriacus (X) North African ostrich, Struthio camelus camelus (I)...
closed to the public. The island is home to many species, from Arabian oryx, Somali ostrich, gazelle and deer to reticulated giraffes, dolphins and sea turtles...
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