Masai ostrich

Masai ostrich
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Superorder: Paleognathae
Order: Struthioniformes
Family: Struthionidae
Genus: Struthio
Species: S. camelus
Subspecies: S. c. massaicus
Trinomial name
Struthio camelus massaicus
(Neumann, 1898)

The Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus), also known as the pink necked ostrich or Eastern African ostrich, is a large subspecies of the ostrich native to East Africa.[1]


References

  1. Sauer, E. G. Franz; Sauer, Eleonore M. (1966-01-01). "Social Behaviour of the South African Ostrich, Struthio Camelus Australis". Ostrich. 37 (sup1): 183–191. doi:10.1080/00306525.1966.9639797. ISSN 0030-6525.
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