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African Ostrich

Struthio camelus Linnaeus, 1758

The Ostrich or Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus) is either one or two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living member(s) of the genus Struthio, which is in the ratite family. Some analyses indicate that the Somali Ostrich may be better considered a full species separate from the Common Ostrich, but most taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies. Source: Wikipedia




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Order:
  Struthioniformes
Family:
  Struthionidae
Genus:
  Struthio

Scientific:
  Struthio camelus

Citation:
  Linnaeus, 1758

Reference:
  Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.155

Protonym:
  Struthio Camelus

Avibase ID:
  2247CB050A76CF8E

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

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174375

Geographic range:

  • Struthio camelus camelus: Sahel of North Africa and the Sudan
  • Struthio camelus syriacus: Formerly Syrian and Arabian deserts. Extinct ca. 1966
  • Struthio camelus massaicus: S Kenya and e Tanzania
  • Struthio camelus australis: Southern Africa
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
Russian:
Африканский страус
Slovak:
pštros dvojprstý
Serbian:
Noj
Swedish:
struts
Ukrainian:
Страус
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. 01 (August 2013):
African Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
African Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
African Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
African Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
African Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
African Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
African Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
African Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Ostrich (Common) ( Struthio camelus [camelus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Ostrich (Common) ( Struthio camelus [camelus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Ostrich (Common) ( Struthio camelus [camelus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Ostrich (Common) ( Struthio camelus [camelus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996):
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Struthio camelus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Struthio camelus [version 1]

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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Afrikaans: Volstruis
Arabic: النعامة , نعامة شائعة
Asturian: Avestruz
Azerbaijani: Dəvəquşu
Belarusian: straŭs, Страус, страўс
Bulgarian: štraus, Обикновен щраус, щраус
Breton: struskańval, Struskañval
Catalan: estruç, Estruç comú
Czech: pštros, pštros dvouprstý
Welsh: estrys
Danish: Masaistruds, struds
German: Arabischer Strauß, Nordafrikanische Strauß, Strauss
Greek: strouthokamilos, 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: strutsur
French: autruche, Autruche d’Afrique, Autruche d'Afrique
Friulian: struç
Frisian: strúsfûgel
Irish: avestruz, ostrais, ostrais Thua-Afracach
Gaelic: Struth
Galician: Avestruz
Manx: eean roie, ostriçh
Hebrew: יען
Croatian: noj
Hungarian: strucc
Icelandic: Strútur
Italian: struzzo, Struzzo comune
Japanese (romaji): dachou
Japanese: ダチョウ
Cornish: strus
Scientific: Struthio camelus, Struthio camelus [camelus Group], Struthio camelus camelus
Ladino: struz
Lithuanian: Afrikinis strutis, strutis
Latvian: Āfrikas strauss, strauss
Macedonian: noj, ноj, Ној
Maltese: Nama
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
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: struci
Serbian: Hoj, noj, ноj, Ној
Siswant: Inshi
Sotho, Southern: Mpšhe
Swedish: Masajstruts, Struts
Swahili: Mbuni
Turkmen: devekuşu
Tswana: Mpshe
Turkish: devekuşu
Tsonga: Yinca
Ukrainian: straus, страус
Sorbian, Lower: štrus
Sorbian, Upper: štrus
Xhosa: Inciniba
Chinese: 非洲鸵鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 鴕鳥
Zulu: iNtshe

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