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 VU    Somali Ostrich* Id (Atlas):
    Struthio molybdophanes

Description (10)
Image of Somali Ostrich (Male)
 

Family
Struthionidae (Ostriches)

Size
250 cm

First Described (Guide)
Reichenow, 1883

Range (Guide)
Somalia to Kenya.
 
Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Somali Ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes) [XC292043]
     by id from Aledeghe WIldlife Reserve, Ethiopia (song)

Subspecies
Considered to be a subspecies of Ostrich (Struthio camelus).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Ostrich (Struthio camelus).

No subspecies.


References
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Files:
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