Location
Nguni, Addo Elephant Park, Eastern Cape
South Africa
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 192 mm
Exposure 1/1000 s, f/5, ISO 400
Image size 800 x 534 pixels
IOC Names
Deutsch Strauß Dutch Struisvogel
Italian Struzzo comune Spanish Avestruz
Comments
Most South African ostriches descend from captive stock, grown for the feather trade, by interbreeding S.c. australis with S.c. camelus and the now extinct S.c. syriacus. The only genuine wild common ostrich in s Africa, S. camelus australis, occurs in northern Namibia and the Kalahari.
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| 01/12/2010 |
Common Ostrich |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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