Female Both photographed at Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve, Israel
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Infraclass:
Palaeognathae
Order:
Struthioniformes
Family:
Struthionidae
Genus:
Struthio
Species:
S. camelus
Subspecies:
S. c. camelus
Trinomial name
Struthio camelus camelus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Struthio camelus distribution map
North African subspecies (S. c. camelus)
The North African ostrich,[1]red-necked ostrich, or Barbary ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus) is the nominate subspecies of the common ostrich from West and North Africa. It has the largest average size among the subspecies of ostriches, making it the largest living bird.
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The NorthAfricanostrich, red-necked ostrich, or Barbary ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus) is the nominate subspecies of the common ostrich from West...
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...
that the East African Rift has served as a geographic barrier to isolate the taxon from the nominate subspecies, the NorthAfricanostrich S. c. camelus...
The Arabian ostrich (Struthio camelus syriacus), Syrian ostrich, or Middle Eastern ostrich is an extinct subspecies of the ostrich that lived on the Arabian...
The Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus), also known as the East Africanostrich is a red-necked subspecies variety of the common ostrich and is endemic...
bowls of ostrich eggs and other large eggs, presumably those of the pelican, as offerings. Ostrich eggshells were used as containers in NorthAfrica as early...
West African giraffe. The avifauna reported are geese, egrets, NorthAfricanostriches, herons, pelicans, saddle-billed storks and ibis. The park is bounded...
tropicbird breed on the peninsula. The Arabian ostrich went extinct in 1945. The NorthAfricanostrich was introduced in the later 20th century and is...
their extinct relatives. The two extant species of ostrich are the common ostrich and Somali ostrich, both in the genus Struthio, which also contains several...
gazelle) into Safia Reserve in Southern Morocco (failure and ongoing) NorthAfricanostrich in Morocco, Nigeria, Niger and Tunisia (ongoing) Plains zebra into...
province of South Africa, located between the Swartberg mountains to the north and the Outeniqua Mountains to the south. Dubbed the "ostrich capital of the...
Ostrich eggshell beads, considered among the earliest ornaments created by Homo sapiens, represent some of the most ancient fully manufactured beads....
golden-headed lion tamarin, dibatag, Encephalartos, Sudan cheetah and NorthAfricanostrich. It is most noted for its breeding of Spix's macaw, one of the rarest...
spotted 10,000 eagles. Arabian ostriches had been extinct from Israel years ago. The NorthAfricanostrich native to NorthAfrica has been reintroduced from...
Karoo. The Little Karoo is famous for its ostrich farming around Oudtshoorn. The lowland area to the north of the Swartberg range up to the Great Escarpment...
re-introduction programme for the NorthAfricanostrich is in progress. Common ostrich, Struthio camelus NorthAfricanostrich, Struthio camelus camelus reintroduced...
of NorthAfricanostrich that was discovered to still be living in the protected area. To bolster this population, African Parks rehomed 11 ostrich chicks...
Karoo is the centre of the Ostrich farming industry, especially around the town of Oudtshoorn. KwaZulu-Natal is a South African Province that lies entirely...
flyway used by birds migrating between Eurasia and Africa. There are many NorthAfricanostriches residing in the national park as well. Dinder National...
are turned in, resulting in the tribe being known as the "two-toed" or "ostrich-footed" tribe. This is an autosomal dominant condition resulting from a...
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