Somali Ostrich
Struthio molybdophanes
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Birds
The Somali ostrich, also known as the blue-necked ostrich, is a large flightless bird native to the Horn of Africa. It is one of two living species of ostriches, the other being the common ostrich. It was also previously considered a subspecies of the common ostrich, but was identified as a distinct species in 2014. For a long time, Somalis partially domesticated some of these ostriches.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Struthioniformes
- Family
- Struthionidae
- Genus
- Struthio