Common ostrich (Struthio camelus), male in breeding plumage, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus), male in breeding plumage with female, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) chick, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Immature common ostrich (Struthio camelus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) male watching chicks, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) male with two chicks, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) chicks, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Common Ostrich female (Struthio camelus), Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) chick, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) and Burchell's plains zebra (Equus quagga), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) female with two chicks, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) drinking, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) male watching chicks, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) female in the dessert, captive, distribution Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) female in the dessert, captive, distribution Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) male in the dessert, captive, distribution Africa

African ostriches (Struthio camelus), mating, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Ostrich (Struthio camelus) . Female on the left and male on the ridge of a grass-grown sand dune. Behing them a chick. Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

South African ostrich (Struthio camelus australis), adult, female, male, pair, young, family, group, alert, foraging, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Common ostriches (Struthio camelus), animal group, a cock with female at a waterhole, Nxai Pan National Park, Ngamiland, Botswana, Africa

South African Ostrich (Struthio camelus australis), adult, male, running, Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Ostrich (Struthio camelus) . Female with two chicks on the ridge of a grass-grown sand dune. Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) with head down, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Ostrich (Struthio camelus) . Female on the right and male on the ridge of a grass-grown sand dune. In between them a chick. Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

South African Ostrich (Struthio camelus australis), adult, male, running, Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus), cock, Serengeti, National Park, Tanzania, Africa

Ostrich (Struthio camelus) flock of young chicks with male adult animal foraging on green grassland in the Kalahari. Kalahari National Park, South Africa, Africa

South African Ostrich (Struthio camelus australis), adult, male, Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Beautiful wide landscape up to the horizomt and rainbows in the savannah of Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, African Ostrich Tsavo East, Kenya, Africa

Common ostriches (Struthio camelus), two animals at sunset at a waterhole, Nxai Pan National Park, Ngamiland, Botswana, Africa

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus), male, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae). The Emu is quite common in Australia and is also farmed commercially for meat leather and oil. Even if the Emu is similar in shape and behaviour it is only a distant relative to the African Ostrich. the emu is the biggest bird in Australia and is of mythological importance to the Aboriginies of Ausralia too. Australia, Victoria

Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae). The Emu is quite common in Australia and is also farmed commercially for meat leather and oil. Even if the Emu is similar in shape and behaviour it is only a distant relative to the African Ostrich. the emu is the biggest bird in Australia and is of mythological importance to the Aboriginies of Ausralia too. Australia, Victoria

Male common ostrich (Struthio camelus) crosses savannah in profile; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

Panorama of male common ostrich (Struthio camelus) on horizon in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Close-up of male common ostrich (Struthio camelus) in profile in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Male common ostrich (Struthio camelus) walking silhouetted on horizon in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Portrait of a male, common ostrich (Struthio camelus) lowering head and walking through the long grass at the Gabus Game Ranch; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

Close-up of female common ostrich (Struthio camelus) opening beak; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

Male Common Ostrich (Struthio Camelus) In Breeding Plumage, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) stands in grass opening mouth, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

A common ostrich's head, Struthio camelus, opens its mouth while drinking water, looking away, ripples in water, long eyelashes, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

Three common ostriches, Struthio camelus, stand with their heads up and bent down, male and female, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa