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The Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus), also known as the East African ostrich is a red-necked subspecies variety of the common ostrich and is endemic to East Africa. [2] [3] It is one of the largest birds in the world, second only to its sister subspecies Struthio camelus camelus. [4] Today it is farmed for eggs, meat, and feathers. [5 ...
Ostrich farming in North America refers to the practice of breeding, raising, and managing ostriches for their meat, feathers, leather, oil, and other byproducts. [1] While ostriches are native to Africa , their farming has become increasingly popular in North America due to the demand for alternative and sustainable meat sources, as well as ...
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The Somali ostrich occurs in the Horn of Africa, having evolved isolated from the common ostrich by the geographic barrier of the East African Rift. In some areas, the common ostrich's Masai subspecies occurs alongside the Somali ostrich, but they are kept from interbreeding by behavioral and ecological differences. [15]
Topics include behaviour, breeding, biology, conservation, ecology, migrations, movements and systematics. [1] [2] This is a hybrid journal: offering open access publishing, but also following the standard publishing model without charges to authors. The journal achieved its highest ever 5-year impact factor in 2020 of 1.255.
The Somali ostrich occurs in the Horn of Africa, having evolved isolated from the common ostrich by the geographic barrier of the East African Rift. In some areas, the common ostrich's Masai subspecies occurs alongside the Somali ostrich, but they are kept from interbreeding by behavioral and ecological differences. [ 15 ]
The Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes), also known as the blue-necked ostrich, is a large flightless bird native to the Horn of Africa. [4] 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. [1]
Struthio molybdophanes Reichenow 1883 (Somali ostrich) VU; Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 (Common ostrich) LC †S. c. syriacus Rothschild 1919 (Arabian ostrich) EX 1966; S. c. camelus Linnaeus 1758 (North African ostrich) S. c. australis (Gurney 1868) (Southern African ostrich) S. c. massaicus (Neumann 1898) (Masai ostrich)