#struthio

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[2621/11080] Common ostrich - Struthio camelus

Order: Struthioniformes Family: Struthionidae (ostriches)

Photo credit: Jaap Velden via Macaulay Library

[herpsandbirds]

Somali Ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes), Struthioniodae, order Struthioniformes, Kenya

Once considered a subspecies of the Common Ostrich, it was elevated to the status of species in 2014.

photograph by Ornis Birding Expeditions

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A male common ostrich (Struthio camelus) feeding in the rain in Cape Peninsula National Park, South Africa

by Bernard Dupont

[best-bird-tournament]

Ostrich (Struthioniformes) order / Struthionidae family / genus Struthio

Which is the best bird?

Somali ostrich

Common ostrich

Voting ended onFeb 1

[hacchigryphon]

Lookit this set of polyamorous lovers! Shantungosaurus is pansexual, masculine ostrich is polysexual, and feminine ostrich is alloace.

[saritawolf]

Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus) (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

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[rafallerart]

I love painting birds and I love painting plants, so I decided to combine the two in this illustration of a male Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes) with an umbrella thorn acacia tree (Vachellia tortilis). The Somali ostrich is one of two living ostrich species, which both make up the family Struthionidae. Part of its diet includes the pods and leaves of the umbrella thorn tree, hence its inclusion in this painting.

I had a blast working on this, and I really hope I can paint more birds (or at least more ratites/palaeognaths) in this style. This painting is watercolor on hot press paper, 8x10 inches.