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Common Ostrich

Common Ostrich

Common Ostrich

Common Ostrich

Common Ostrich

Common Ostrich

Common Ostrich

Common Ostrich

Common Ostrich

Common Ostrich

Common Ostrich

Common Ostrich

Struthioniformes / Struthionidae / Struthio

Common Ostrich

Struthio camelus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ostric2) Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Struthioniformes
Family: Struthionidae
Genus: Struthio

Subspecies (4)

Struthio camelus australis

southern Africa
Struthio camelus camelus

Sahel of North Africa and the Sudan
Struthio camelus massaicus

southern Kenya and eastern Tanzania; introduced Australia (south-central South Australia and Riverina, New South Wales)
Struthio camelus syriacus

formerly Syrian and Arabian desert; extinct ca. 1966

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ostric2) Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.