The ostrich, also known as Struthio camelus, is the largest type of bird in the world, often weighing more than 400 pounds (181.4 kg), and standing as tall as 8.9 feet (2.7 meters). From Wordnik.com. [Cross Rhythms] Reference
The most prominent bird found in the desert is the ostrich (Struthio camelus). From Wordnik.com. [Namib desert] Reference
The only large animal to inhabit the pan itself is ostrich (Struthio camelus). From Wordnik.com. [Etosha Pan halophytics] Reference
On the plains, ostrich Struthio camelus seem fairly common, moving to woodland to lay their eggs. From Wordnik.com. [Manovo-Gounda-St Floris National Park, Central African Republic] Reference
Ostriches (Struthio camelus) are found nesting on the pans as it affords them protection from scavengers, such as the black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas). From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian halophytics] Reference
The ostrich (Struthio camelus) was fairly common in the northern Sahara at the end of the 19th century, but was extirpated from the area by the early 20th century. From Wordnik.com. [North Saharan steppe and woodlands] Reference
The last large population of the west African race of the ostrich, Struthio camelus camelus, living west of the Takaloukouzet massif, and estimated in 1990 at 800-2,000 was almost extinct in 2001. From Wordnik.com. [Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger] Reference
(‘Antilope pygarga’), gnus, bluebucks (‘A. cerulea’), steinbucks, and the ostrich (‘Struthio camelus’), continue, like the Bushmen, to maintain a precarious existence when all the rest are gone. From Wordnik.com. [Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa] Reference
Also introduced to the site is the blue-necked ostrich (Struthio camelus ssp. molybdophanes) from the Sudan as a replacement for the indigenous Arabian red-necked ostrich (Struthio camelus ssp. syriacus) which became extinct in 1940. From Wordnik.com. [Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert] Reference
These include ostrich Struthio camelus, with white pelican Pelicanus onocrotalus, and greater and lesser flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber and P. minor on Lake Makat in Ngorongoro crater, Lake Ndutu and the Empakaai crater lake where over a million birds forgather. From Wordnik.com. [Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania] Reference
Hlai, hlaiin—large flightless birds farmed for their meat; similar to the Terran ostrich, Struthio camelus. From Wordnik.com. [Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages] Reference
Strauß (Struthio camelus). From Wordnik.com. [Bookplate: Dronte] Reference
Struthio camelus) and some of the large carnivores - cheetah (. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
'Vie, Struthio rhea..'. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Struthio rhea. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Struthio rhea, 44, 94. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
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