Struthioniformes

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Struthioniformes is an order of large, mostly flightless birds that includes ostriches and their close relatives within the paleognath lineage.

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Struthioniformes canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf order of birds
taxon
bodySize large
class Aves
commonName struthioniforms
conservationIssues habitat loss
overhunting
containsGenus Struthio
Struthio camelus
linked to: Struthio
describedBy Carl Linnaeus
describedInYear 1758
diet omnivorous
distribution Africa
economicUse feather production
leather production
meat production
tourism and display animals
eggType large eggs
featherType soft plumage
flightCapability mostly flightless
fossilRecord Cenozoic
habitat savanna
semi-desert
includes ostriches
keelOnSternum reduced or absent
kingdom Animalia
legLength long legs
limbAdaptation cursorial
locomotion running
maximumSpeed among fastest running birds
neckLength long neck
nomenclaturalCode International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
notableSpecies Struthio camelus
linked to: Struthio

Struthio molybdophanes
linked to: Struthio
parentalCare biparental or cooperative incubation
phylogeneticPosition paleognath birds
phylum Chordata
relatedTo Apterygiformes
Casuariiformes
Rheiformes
Tinamiformes
reproduction oviparous
skeletonType bipedal
socialBehavior often gregarious
superorder Palaeognathae
taxonRank order
toeNumber two or three toes
typeGenus Struthio
vision well-developed eyesight
wingSize small relative to body size

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Palaeognathae includes Struthioniformes