Bird genealogy >> Order Struthioniformes >> Family Struthionidae
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Location

Red Stones Hills, Calitzdorp, Western Cape
South Africa

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 216 mm
Exposure 1/125 s, f/7.1, ISO 400 
Image size 800 x 534 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Strauß Dutch  Struisvogel
Italian  Struzzo comune Spanish  Avestruz

Comments

Ostrich eggs can be eaten by hyenas as well as Egyptian Vultures, which use stones to break them open.




 

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    24/11/2010

Common Ostrich imm
Struthio camelus
Autruche d'Afrique

Micheline JACQUEMIN