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title: "Struisvogel"
description: "Struthio camelus — Vogels. The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-ostrich
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Struisvogel

> Struthio camelus — Vogels. The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird.

- Scientific name: *Struthio camelus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `farm` (Boerderij), `zoo` (Dierentuin en huisdieren), `savanna` (Savanne), `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 15580
- Wikidata: [Q17592](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17592)
- iNaturalist taxon: [20526](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/20526)

## Names

- en: Common Ostrich
- de: Afrikanischer Strauß
- es: Avestruz común
- fr: Autruche d'Afrique
- nl: Struisvogel
- pt: Avestruz
- pl: Struś czerwonoskóry

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (5366), KE (1686), NA (1642), TZ (1523), BW (591), MA (107), ZW (80), AU (35), TD (25), UG (17), AO (9), SS (9)

## Summary

The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus Struthio in the ratite group of birds. The other is the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes), which has been recognised as a distinct species by BirdLife International since 2014, having been previously considered a distinctive subspecies of ostrich.
The common ostrich belongs to the order Struthioniformes. Struthioniformes…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ostrich

## Photo

![Struisvogel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-ostrich/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68223869

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-ostrich?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).