The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa. It is one of two extant species...

Ostriches are large flightless birds. Two living species are recognised, the common ostrich, native to large areas of sub-Saharan Africa, and the Somali...

living species of ostriches, the other being the common ostrich. It was also previously considered a subspecies of the common ostrich, but was identified...

ostrich (Struthio camelus australis), also known as the black-necked ostrich, Cape ostrich or southern ostrich is a subspecies of the common ostrich endemic...

The Arabian ostrich (Struthio camelus syriacus), Syrian ostrich, or Middle Eastern ostrich is an extinct subspecies of the ostrich that lived on the Arabian...

flightless bird, which is also the largest living bird in general, is the common ostrich (2.7 m, 156 kg). Many domesticated birds, such as the domestic chicken...

about 20 in most cases. A female common ostrich can distinguish her own eggs from the others in a communal nest. Ostrich eggs are the largest of all eggs...

North African ostrich, red-necked ostrich, or Barbary ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus) is the nominate subspecies of the common ostrich from West and...

The Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus), also known as the East African ostrich is a red-necked subspecies variety of the common ostrich and is endemic...

their extinct relatives. The two extant species of ostrich are the common ostrich and Somali ostrich, both in the genus Struthio, which also contains several...

extant. The most common, the southern cassowary, is the third-tallest and second-heaviest living bird, smaller only than the ostrich and emu. The other...

(440 lb) has been cited for the common ostrich but no wild ostriches of this weight have been verified. Eggs laid by the ostrich can weigh 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) and...

measured by mass is the common ostrich (Struthio camelus), closely followed by the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes). A male ostrich can reach a height...

third-tallest living bird after its African ratite relatives, the common ostrich and Somali ostrich. The emu's native ranges cover most of the Australian mainland...

is a genus of ferns with one species: Matteuccia struthiopteris (common names ostrich fern, fiddlehead fern, or shuttlecock fern). The species epithet...

Struthio. Asian ostriches were large, being more robustly built and reaching about the same height as an adult male of the extant common ostrich. It may have...

French governor of Madagascar during the 1640s and 1650s, mentioned an ostrich-like bird, said to inhabit unpopulated regions, although it is unclear...

Sambar deer Sloth bear Smooth-coated otter Striped hyena Black swan Common ostrich Emu Indian peafowl Java sparrow Painted stork Rose-ringed parakeet Sarus...

size from the 5.5 cm (2.2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) common ostrich. There are over 11,000 living species and they are split into 44 orders...

(Mellisuga helenae), which is only 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in), to the giant African ostrich (Struthio camelus), almost 280 cm (9.2 ft) in height. Davies, S.J.J.F....

probably represented large females of the species. Like the cassowaries, ostriches, rheas, emu and kiwis, the Elephant bird was a ratite; it could not fly...

that came before and after them. The largest extant theropod is the common ostrich, up to 2.74 m (9 ft) tall and weighing between 90 and 130 kg (200 -...

moorhen Common murre Common myna Common newtonia Common nighthawk Common nightingale Common ostrich Common paradise kingfisher Common pheasant Common pochard...

The ostrich effect, also known as the ostrich problem, was originally coined by Galai & Sade (2003). The name comes from the common (but false) legend...

Look up ostrich in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An ostrich is a type of large flightless bird. Ostrich may also refer to: Common ostrich (Struthio...

tied as the third heaviest bird on earth (after the Somali ostrich and the common ostrich), at a maximum size estimated at 85 kg (187 lb) and 190 cm (6 ft...

that have the phrase inscribed on them are the Hunt-Lenox Globe and the Ostrich Egg Globe, next to a coast in Southeast Asia for both of them. Maps in...

(another became extinct in historic times), two of rheas (Rhea) and two of ostriches (Struthio). Recent research has indicated that paleognaths are monophyletic...

African elephant African lion Black-and-white ruffed lemur Blue duiker Common ostrich Domestic goat Grevy’s zebra Ring-Tailed Lemur Meerkat Reticulated giraffe...

Black swan Blue-and-yellow macaw Brahminy kite Budgerigar Cockatiel Common ostrich Edwards's pheasant Egyptian vulture Emu Eurasian spoonbill Golden pheasant...