Common Ostrich
Struthio camelus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Struthioniformes
- Family
- Struthionidae
- Genus
- Struthio
- eBird Code
- ostric2
Subspecies (4)
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Struthio camelus australis
southern Africa
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Struthio camelus camelus
Sahel of North Africa and the Sudan
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Struthio camelus massaicus
southern Kenya and eastern Tanzania; introduced Australia (south-central South Australia and Riverina, New South Wales)
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Struthio camelus syriacus
formerly Syrian and Arabian desert; extinct ca. 1966
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.