Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Gewone/Somali Volstruis, Volstruis
Arabic: النعامة
Asturian: Avestruz/Avestruz somalina
Azerbaijani: Dəvəquşu
Belarusian: Страус
Bulgarian: Обикновен / Сомалийски щраус, Щраус
Breton: Struskañval
Catalan: Estruç
Czech: Pštros dvouprstý
Welsh: Estrys
Danish: Afrikansk Struds, Masais/Somalistruds, Masaistruds
German: Arabischer Strauß, Nordafrikanische Strauß, Strauß, Strauß/Somalistrauß
English: African Ostrich, Arabian ostrich, Common Ostrich, Common/Somali Ostrich, North african ostrich, Ostrich, Ostrich or Somali Ostrich
English, HBW: Common/Somali Ostrich
English (IOC): Common/Somali Ostrich
English (United States): Common/Somali Ostrich
Esperanto: Struto
Spanish: Avestruz, Avestruz Común/Somalí
Spanish (Spain): Avestruz Común/Somalí
Estonian: jaanalind
Basque: Ostruka
Finnish: Strutsi
Faroese: Strutsur
French: Autruche, Autruche d'Afrique, Autruche d'Afrique ou A. de Somalie, Autruche d'Afrique ou A. somalienne, Autruche de l'Afrique du Nord
Frisian: strúsfûgel
Irish: Ostrais
Gaelic: Struth
Galician: Avestruz
Manx: Eean Roie
Hebrew: יען
Hungarian: strucc
Icelandic: Strútur
Italian: Struzzo
Japanese (romaji): dachou, dachou/somariadachou
Japanese: ダチョウ, ダチョウ/ソマリアダチョウ
Cornish: Strus
Scientific: Struthio [camelus or molybdophanes], Struthio camelus, Struthio camelus camelus, Struthio camelus/molybdophanes
Lithuanian: Afrikinis strutis
Latvian: strauss
Macedonian: Ној
Maltese: Nama
Dutch: Struisvogel
Norwegian: slettestruts/somalistruts, Struts
Sotho, Northern: Mpšhe
Polish: strus, struś, Struś czerwonoskóry, struś czerwonoskóry/szaroskóry, Struś masajski, Struś północnoafrykański
Portuguese: Avestruz
Portuguese (Portugal): avestruz-comum/somali
Romansh: Strut
Romanian: strut
Russian: Африканский Страус, Африканский/Сомалийский страус, Страус, Страус африканский
Slovak: Pštros dvojprstý, pštros dvojprstý/sivonohý
Slovenian: Noj
Shona: Mhou
Albanian: Struci
Serbian: Hој, Noj/somalijski noj, Ној
Siswant: Inshi
Sotho, Southern: Mpšhe
Swedish: Struts, Struts/somaliastruts
Swahili: Mbuni
Turkmen: devekuşu
Tswana: Mpshe
Turkish: devekuşu, Devekuşu/Somali devekuşu, Tropikal Yelkovan
Tsonga: Yinca
Ukrainian: Страус, Страус африканський
Xhosa: Inciniba
Chinese: 非洲鸵鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 鴕鳥
Zulu: iNtshe