Masai ostrich
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| Kingdom: | Animalia | ||
| Phylum: | Chordata | ||
| Class: | Aves | ||
| Order: | Struthioniformes | ||
| Family: | Struthionidae | ||
| Genus: | Struthio | ||
| Species: | S. camelus | ||
| Subspecies: | S. c. massaicus | ||
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Struthio camelus massaicus (Neumann, 1898) |
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Struthio camelus distribution map
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The Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus), also known as the pink-necked ostrich or East African ostrich, is a large subspecies of the common ostrich native to East Africa. Today it is farmed for eggs, meat and feathers.
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