The Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes), also known as the blue-necked ostrich, is a large flightless bird native to the Horn of Africa. It is one...

Africa, and the Somali ostrich, native to the Horn of Africa. They are the heaviest and largest living birds, with adult common ostriches weighing anywhere...

extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus Struthio in the ratite order of birds. The other is the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)...

their extinct relatives. The two extant species of ostrich are the common ostrich and Somali ostrich, both in the genus Struthio, which also contains several...

by mass is the common ostrich (Struthio camelus), closely followed by the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes). A male ostrich can reach a height of...

third-tallest living bird after its African ratite relatives, the common ostrich and Somali ostrich. The emu's native ranges cover most of the Australian mainland...

making it the fourth heaviest living bird species after the common ostrich, Somali ostrich and the southern cassowary. These birds measure 149 cm (4 ft 10+1⁄2 in)...

(Mellisuga helenae), which is only 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in), to the giant African ostrich (Struthio camelus), almost 280 cm (9.2 ft) in height. Davies, S.J.J.F....

massaicus Arabian ostrich, Struthio camelus syriacus † Somali ostrich, Struthio molybdophanes Asian ostrich, Struthio asiaticus † East Asian ostrich, Struthio...

viper, the southern Somali garter snake, Platyceps messanai, Scortecci's diadem snake (Spalerosophis josephscorteccii), the Somali sand boa, the angled...