African Ostrich (Struthio camelus) female with pack of chicks grooming in sand in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa

struthio camelus ostrich struthio camelus natural reserve natural area desert adult female family lie down back shot overview south africa botswana south african protected areas south africa kalahari gemsbok national park etosha national park dust biosphere reserve young protection grooming animal struthio national park transborder park brood eggs cites appendix 1 fledgling least concern iucn april kgalagadi transfrontier park za kalahari desert of nobody kgalagadi transfrontier park ostriches nature reserves nature reserve nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems desertic areas desert areas desert area desertic zone desertic zones desertic area adults females families going to bed lengthened stretched out lengthen lengthening bedtime stretching out stretch out go to bed laying down view from behind back view back views back sight back shots back sights overviews global sight global sights full length rsa ksa republic of south africa south african protected area south africa south african national parks south africa gemsbok national park dusts biosphere reserves young protections young supervision freshen up national parks sensitive natural areas transnational park transnational parks transborder parks transfrontier park transfrontier parks clutch clutches broods eggs small bird small birds chick chicks least concern species with nobody kgalagadi aptera bird wild animal animal environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment naturalness area stage of development individual enumeration posture behavior shot southern africa africa northern cape province namibia mineral matter matter substance protect clean cleanse struthionidae struthioniformes aves tetrapoda vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota convention on international trade in endangered species of wild cites species young low risk iucn iucn red list of threatened species