• Struthio camelus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [155].

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Africa.

IBRA

SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW)

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Ostrich)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [14] (Ostrich)

History of changes

• Struthio massaicus Neumann, O. 1898. Beiträge zur vogelfauna yon Ost- und Central-Afrika [Contributions to the bird fauna of East and Central Africa]. Journal of Ornithology 46: 227-305 [243].

Introduction

The subspecies S. camelus massaicus is thought to be the form present in Australia, see Robinson & Mathee (1999), Christidis & Boles (2008).

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

A small wild population in SA, possibly not self-sustaining.

Introduced from Africa.

IBRA

SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW)

General References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [57]

Robinson, T.J. & Mathee, C.A. 1999. Molecular genetic relationships of the extinct ostrich, Struthio camelus syriacus: consequences for ostrich introductions into Saudi Arabia. Animal Conservation 2: 165-171

History of changes