Stock Photo: An African Ostrich Stands On The Sand Staring Ahead.
ID 295156683 © Liumangtiger | Megapixl.com
The African ostrich is an ostrich belonging to the family Ostrichidae in the order Ostrichiformes. The head is small and triangular, the mouth is short and flat, and the neck is slender and composed of several keratin sheaths. The upper part is yellow, and the lower part is pink There is a pair of short wings that cannot fly and have degenerated into no flight feathers, with fluffy and drooping tail feathers, and each tail vertebrae in a separate shape Legs are long and sturdy, with some parts bare and feathered, pink The feet are large, with keratinized flesh pads under the toes, which are elastic and can insulate from heat The feather colors of male and female birds are different, with male birds mainly being black and female birds mainly being grayish brown.
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