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African Ostrich

Struthio camelus Linnaeus, C 1758

The common ostrich, or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain large areas of Africa and is the largest living bird species. It is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus Struthio in the ratite order of birds. The other is the Somali ostrich, which was recognized as a distinct species by BirdLife International in 2014 having been previously considered a very distinctive subspecies of ostrich. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Struthioniformes
Family:
  Struthionidae
Genus:
   Struthio
Scientific:
  Struthio camelus

Original description

Citation:
  Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.155

Protonym:
  Struthio Camelus

Type locality:
  Syria, Arabia, Lybia, Africa. Restricted type locality, North Africa, Rothschild, supra p. 83; further restricted to Sennar, Stresemann, Orn. Monatsb., 34, 1926, p. 139.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/174/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  2247CB050A76CF8E

Avibase ID:
  avibase-2247CB05

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/2247CB05

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174375

Geographic range:

  • Struthio camelus: desert to savanna plains of sub-Saharan Africa (except northeast), in Sahel zone (rare in west), east through Eritrea, southward to Tanzania, and in southern Africa from southern Angola eastward to northern Zimbabwe and through the Cape region
  • Struthio camelus camelus: Sahel of North Africa and the Sudan
  • Struthio camelus syriacus: formerly Syrian and Arabian desert; extinct ca. 1966
  • Struthio camelus massaicus: southern Kenya and eastern Tanzania
  • Struthio camelus australis: southern Africa
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
African Ostrich
Catalan:
Estruç comú
Czech:
pštros dvouprstý
Danish:
Masaistruds
German:
Strauß
Spanish:
Avestruz común
Spanish (Spain):
Avestruz Común
Finnish:
strutsi
French:
Autruche d'Afrique
Croatian:
Noj
Hungarian:
strucc
Icelandic:
Strútur
Italian:
Struzzo
Japanese (romaji):
dachou
Japanese:
ダチョウ
Lithuanian:
strutis
Dutch:
Struisvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Slettestruts
Norwegian:
Slettestruts
Polish:
struś czerwonoskóry
Portuguese:
Avestruz
Portuguese (Portugal):
Avestruz-comum
Russian:
Африканский страус
Slovak:
pštros dvojprstý
Serbian:
Noj
Swedish:
struts
Ukrainian:
страус африканський
Chinese:
非洲鸵鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
鴕鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
African Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Avilist 2025:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Struthio [camelus or molybdophanes] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Abkhazian: аСтраус, аФрикатәи аСтраус
Afrikaans: Volstruis
Arabic: النعامة , نعامة شائعة
Asturian: Avestruz
Azerbaijani: Afrika dəvəquşu, Dəvəquşu
Bashkir: Африка дөйәғошо
Belarusian: straŭs, Страус, страўс
Bulgarian: štraus, Африкански щраус, Обикновен щраус, щраус
Bengali: িঈট ঩াচি , িঈট঩াচি
Bengali (transliteration): uṭa pākhi, uṭapākhi
Breton: struskańval, Struskañval
Catalan: estruç, Estruç comú
Montenegrin: noj, noji, ноj, ноjи
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): ноj, ноjи
Czech: pštros, pštros dvouprstý
Chuvash: Африка страусĕ
Welsh: estrys
Danish: Masaistruds, struds
German: Arabischer Strauß, Nordafrikanische Strauß, Strauss
Greek: strouthokamilos, Στρoυθoκάμηλoς, στρουθοκάμηλος
English: African Ostrich, Arabian ostrich, Common Ostrich, North African Ostrich, Ostrich, Ostrich (Common), Sahel Ostrich
English, HBW: Common Ostrich
English (IOC): Common Ostrich
English (Kenya): Common Ostrich
English (United States): Common Ostrich
Esperanto: struto
Spanish: Avestruz, Avestruz común
Spanish (Spain): Avestruz Común
Spanish (HBW): Avestruz común
Estonian: jaanalind
Basque: ostruka
Finnish: Strutsi
Faroese: Strussur, strutsur
French: autruche, Autruche d’Afrique, Autruche d'Afrique, Autruche d'Afrique (camelus)
Friulian: struç, struçs
Frisian: strúsfûgel
Irish: avestruz, ostrais, ostrais Thua-Afracach
Gaelic: Struth
Galician: Avestruz
Manx: eean roie, ostriçh, Ostrish
Hebrew: יען
Croatian: noj
Hungarian: strucc
Icelandic: Strútur
Italian: struzzo, Struzzo comune
Japanese (romaji): dachou
Japanese: ダチョウ
Kara-Kalpak: Африка түйе қусы, түйе қус, түйеқус
Kabardian: махъшэбзу, махъшэджэд
Mongolian, Halh: тэмээн хяруул
Kazakh: Африка түйеқұсы, африкалық страус, африкалық түйеқұс, түйеқұс
Greenlandic: Qatigattuusaq
Karachay-Balkar: деу тауукъ, тюе къуш
Cornish: strus
Kirghiz: Африка төөкушу, төө куш, төөкуш
Scientific: Struthio camelus, Struthio camelus [camelus Group], Struthio camelus camelus
Ladino: struz
Luxembourgish: Strauss
Lithuanian: Afrikinis strutis, strutis
Latvian: Āfrikas strauss, strauss
Macedonian: noj, ноj, Ној
Mongolian: тэмээн хяруул
Maltese: Naghma, nagħma, nagħma komuni, Nama, ngħam, ostriċ
Dutch: Struisvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Slettestruts
Norwegian: Slettestruts, struts
Sotho, Northern: Mpšhe
Occitan: estruci
Polish: struś, strus czerwonoskóry, struś czerwonoskóry, Struś masajski, Struś północnoafrykański
Portuguese: avestruz
Portuguese (Portugal): Avestruz-comum
Romansh: strut
Rhaeto-Romance: Strut
Romanian: astrechi barimatango, strut, struţ
Russian: straus, Африканский Страус, страус
Sardinian: a-bistrussu, istrutzu
Scots: struth
Northern Sami: struhcca
Slovak: pštros, Pštros dvojprstý
Slovenian: Noj
Shona: Mhou
Albanian: Struc, struci
Serbian: Hoj, noj, ноj, Ној
Siswant: Inshi
Sotho, Southern: Mpšhe
Swedish: Masajstruts, Struts
Swahili: Mbuni
Tajik: шутурмурғ, шутурмурғи африкоӣ
Turkmen: devekuşu, düýeguş, ق وشدوی ه
Tswana: Mpshe
Turkish: devekuşu
Tsonga: Yinca
Tatar: Африка тәвә кошы , страус, тәвә, тәвә кош, тәвә кошы, тәвәкош , тәвәкошы
Tuvinian: Африканын страузу, страус страустар страузу, черлик страус
Udmurt: страус
Ukrainian: straus, страус, Страус африканський
Uzbek: Африка туяқуши
Sorbian, Lower: štrus
Sorbian, Upper: štrus
Kalmyk: зогдрт, зогдырты, темән шовун
Xhosa: Inciniba
Chinese: 非洲鸵鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 鴕鳥
Zulu: iNtshe

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