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Struthio camelus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
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Rank
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Published in
Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758: null. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, 10th Edition, vol. 1. 824.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Struthioniformes
family
Struthionidae
genus
Struthio
species
Struthio camelus

Name

Homonyms
Struthio camelus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Autruche d'Afrique in French
Avestruz común in Spanish
Common Ostrich in English
Common Ostrich in English
Common Ostrich in English
Common Ostrich in English
Common Ostrich in English
Common Ostrich in English
Common Ostrich in English
Common Ostrich in English
Common/Somali Ostrich in English
Masaistruds in Danish
Ostrich in English
Ostrich in English
Ostrich in English
Strauß in German
Strauß in German
Struisvogel in Dutch
Struts in Norwegian
Struzzo in Italian
Volstruis in Afrikaans
avestruz in Portuguese
common ostrich in English
estruç comú in Catalan–Valencian
jaanalind in Estonian
noj in Slovenian
ostrich in English
pštros dvojprstý in Slovak
pštros dvouprstý in Czech
strucc in Hungarian
strutis in Lithuanian
struts in Swedish
strutsi in Finnish
struś czerwonoskóry in Polish
Āfrikas strauss in Latvian
Африканский страус in Russian
ダチョウ in Japanese
非洲鸵鸟 in Chinese
鴕鳥 in Chinese
Common Ostrich in English
Struisvogel in Dutch
slettestruts in Norwegian Bokmål

Bibliographic References

  1. Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
  2. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 413 Acceptance of the restricted locality for the nominate subspecies of the Ostrich Specified by Stresemann (E.) in 1926 and determination of the name applicable to the Syrian Ostrich.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 13(14), 233-242 (1956)
  4. Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758: null. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, 10th Edition, vol. 1. 824.
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