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Common Ostrich
(Ostrich)
Struthio camelus
(1)
M up to 2m; 70 kg
SEXES M
> F. Largest and heaviest living bird.
M
Mostly black with white wings and white or buff tail. Neck and legs
almost naked.
F
Plumage greyish brown.
JUV Resembles
F, but smaller. Chicks unmistakable with 'hedgehog' down.
STATUS Original
wild population small and now mainly confined to Namibia, Botswana,
N Cape and the Kruger National Park.
HABITAT Open
arid savanna woodland, shrublands and desert plains.
FOOD Almost
entirely plant material, pulled out of ground or stripped off
plants.
CALL Deep
booming boo boo boooooh hoo given by M mainly in br season (not
unlike lion's roar!).
BR Polygamous.
Nest a scrape in ground; eggs laid by one or more females. Males
incubate at night and females mostly by day.
ALT NAME
Ostrich.
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Nxai Pan Camera: Canon EOS
60D Lens: Canon EF 600mm
f/4L
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Nxai Pan Camera: Canon EOS
60D Lens: Canon EF 600mm
f/4L |
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The amazing two-headed
Ostrich at Nxai Pan
Really?? Camera: Canon EOS
60D Lens: Canon EF 600mm
f/4L |
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Etosha Camera: Canon EOS
5D Mk III Lens: Canon EF
600mm f/4L |
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Nxai Pan Camera: Canon EOS
60D Lens: Canon EF 600mm
f/4L |
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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park Camera: Canon EOS
60D Lens: Canon EF 600mm
f/4L
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Nxai Pan Camera: Canon EOS
5D Mk III Lens: Canon EF 400mm
f/2.8L |
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Nxai Pan Camera: Canon EOS
60D Lens: Canon EF 600mm
f/4L |
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Mahango Game Park, Namibia Camera: Canon EOS
60D Lens: Canon EF 600mm
f/4L |
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Mahango Game Park, Namibia Camera: Canon EOS
60D Lens: Canon EF 600mm
f/4L |
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Etosha Camera: Canon EOS
5D Mk III Lens: Canon EF 400mm
f/2.8L
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Etosha Camera: Canon EOS
5D Mk III Lens: Canon EF 400mm
f/2.8L |
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Etosha Camera: Canon EOS
60D Lens: Canon EF 600mm
f/4L |
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Etosha Camera: Canon EOS
60D Lens: Canon EF 600mm
f/4L |
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Etosha Camera: Canon EOS
60D Lens: Canon EF 600mm
f/4L |
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Savuti Camera: Canon EOS
5D Mk III Lens: Canon EF 400mm
f/2.8L
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Nxai Pan Camera: Canon EOS
7D Mk II Lens: Canon EF 600mm
f/4L |
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Savuti Camera: Canon EOS
7D Mk II Lens: Canon EF
600mm f/4L |
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Savuti Camera: Canon EOS
7D Mk II Lens: Canon EF
600mm f/4L |
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Nxai Pan Camera: Canon EOS
7D Mk II Lens: Canon EF
600mm f/4L |
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