Struthio camelus (African Ostrich)

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African Ostrich Struthio camelus Linnaeus, 1758
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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
Czech:
  pštros dvouprstý
German:
  Strauß
Danish:
  Struds
Spanish:
  Avestruz común
Finnish:
  strutsi
French:
  Autruche d'Afrique
Icelandic:
  Strútur
Italian:
  Struzzo
Japanese:
  dachou
Japanese:
  ダチョウ
Dutch:
  Struisvogel
Norwegian:
  Struts
Polish:
  strus czerwonoskóry
Portuguese:
  Avestruz
Russian:
  Африканский страус
Slovak:
  pštros dvojprstý
Swedish:
  struts
Chinese:
  非洲鸵鸟

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]
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)
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]
eBird version 1.52:
   Ostrich (Common) ( Struthio camelus [camelus Group])
eBird version 1.53:
   Ostrich (Common) ( Struthio camelus [camelus Group])
eBird version 1.54:
   Ostrich (Common) ( Struthio camelus [camelus Group])
eBird version 1.55:
   Ostrich (Common) ( Struthio camelus [camelus Group])
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]
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 and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
   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 2018):
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus)
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:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
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:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
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:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
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:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
   Common Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996):
   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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Other related concepts

Struthio [camelus x molybdophanes] (hybrid)

Other synonyms
Afrikaans: Volstruis
Arabic: النعامة
Azerbaijani: Dəvəquşu
Belarusian: straŭs, Страус, страўс
Bulgarian: štraus, 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 (IOC): Common Ostrich
English (Kenya): 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: dachou
Japanese: ダチョウ
Cornish: strus
Latin: 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: 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