Ostrich
species of large flightless bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The ostrich (Struthio camelus) is a large flightless bird that lives in Africa. They are the largest living bird species, and have the biggest eggs of all living birds. Ostriches do not fly, but can run faster than any other bird.[3]
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Struthio camelus | |||||
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South African ostrich male (left) and females (S. camelus australis) | |||||
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Domain: | Eukaryota | ||||
Kingdom: | Animalia | ||||
Phylum: | Chordata | ||||
Class: | Aves | ||||
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae | ||||
Order: | Struthioniformes | ||||
Family: | Struthionidae | ||||
Genus: | Struthio | ||||
Species: | S. camelus | ||||
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Struthio camelus | |||||
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Struthio camelus distribution map
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They are ratites, a useful grouping of medium to large flightless birds. Ostriches have the biggest eyes of all land animals.[4][5]