Struthioniformes

E917066

order of birds taxon

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

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Label	Occurrences
Struthioniformes canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	order of birds ⓘ taxon ⓘ
bodySize	large ⓘ
class	Aves ⓘ
commonName	struthioniforms ⓘ
conservationIssues	habitat loss ⓘ overhunting ⓘ
containsGenus	Struthio NERFINISHED ⓘ Struthio camelus NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSpecies	Struthio camelus NERFINISHED ⓘ Struthio molybdophanes NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentalCare	biparental or cooperative incubation ⓘ
phylogeneticPosition	paleognath birds ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo	Apterygiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ Casuariiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ Rheiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ Tinamiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
reproduction	oviparous ⓘ
skeletonType	bipedal ⓘ
socialBehavior	often gregarious ⓘ
superorder	Palaeognathae NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonRank	order ⓘ
toeNumber	two or three toes ⓘ
typeGenus	Struthio NERFINISHED ⓘ
vision	well-developed eyesight ⓘ
wingSize	small relative to body size ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palaeognathae → includes → Struthioniformes ⓘ