Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Volstruis |
Arabic | نعامة شائعة |
Asturian | Avestruz |
Bulgarian | Обикновен щраус |
Croatian | noj |
Czech | pštros dvouprstý |
Danish | Masaistruds |
Dutch | Struisvogel |
English | Common Ostrich |
English (United States) | Common Ostrich |
Faroese | Strutsur |
French | Autruche d'Afrique |
French (France) | Autruche d'Afrique |
German | Strauß |
Greek | (Κοινή) Στρουθοκάμηλος |
Hebrew | יען |
Icelandic | Strútur |
Japanese | ダチョウ |
Lithuanian | Strutis |
Norwegian | slettestruts |
Polish | struś czerwonoskóry |
Portuguese (Angola) | Avestruz-comum |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Avestruz-comum |
Romanian | Struț |
Russian | Африканский страус |
Serbian | Noj |
Slovak | pštros dvojprstý |
Slovenian | Noj |
Spanish | Avestruz Común |
Spanish (Spain) | Avestruz común |
Swedish | struts |
Turkish | Devekuşu |
Ukrainian | Страус африканський |
Struthio camelus Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Struthio Camelus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.155.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Syria, Arabia, Lybia, Africa. Restricted type locality, North Africa, Rothschild, supra p. 83; further restricted to Sennar, Stresemann, Orn. Monatsb., 34, 1926, p. 139.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STRUTHIO
- struthio
- camelus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SPECIES
Common Ostrich Struthio camelus Scientific name definitions
Anna Folch, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 21, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 21, 2014
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
Authors
Anna Folch, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Folch, A., D. A. Christie, F. Jutglar, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.ostric2.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 21, 2014
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
Authors
Anna Folch, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, and Ernest Garcia
Revisors
David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Folch, A., D. A. Christie, F. Jutglar, and E. F. J. Garcia (2014). Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.