Common Ostrich
The common ostrich (or Struthio camelus) is the largest known bird species in the world.
Males have black body feathers and white feathers on their wing-tips and tails, while females have grey-brown body feathers. On both sexes, the head, neck and legs are pink to white in colour, and there is some variation in appearance depending on the bird's original location in Africa.
The males have an average height of 2.1m to 2.8m, whereas females are smaller, measuring between 1.7m and 2.0m.
Struthio camelus
Habitat needs
Space is stored as a minimum plus an amount per additional adult; the game's help adds that juveniles don't count. Plan a mixed habitat in the habitat planner.
Dislikes snow.
Terrain
| Terrain | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Grass | 20% | 80% |
| Sand | 0% | 60% |
| Soil | 20% | 60% |
| Rock | 0% | 20% |
| Waterlogged | 0% | 10% |
Share of the habitat's terrain.
Shares a cohabitation group with 13
African Savannah
Cohabitation groups are the game's own sets of species for mixed habitats. Check space, terrain and temperature for a group in the habitat planner.
Barriers with resistance grade 2 or higher 14
- 1-Way Glass grade 2 · $1
- Chain Link grade 2 · $1 · climbable
- Corrugated grade 2 · $1
- Rope Netting grade 2 · $2 · climbable
- Glass grade 3 · $2
- Wire Netting grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Wood Logs grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Acrylic grade 4 · $3
- Steel Mesh grade 4 · $3 · climbable
- Thick Glass grade 4 · $3
- Brick grade 5 · $4
- Concrete grade 5 · $4
- Gabion grade 5 · $4 · climbable
- Electric grade 6 · $0.80
At least 1.25 m high. No water barrier. Grades are the ones the game's barrier tooltips state.
Enrichment it uses 4
- Sprinkler Toy · score 100 · $100
- Mirror Mobile Toy · score 150 · $100
- Rattle Toy · score 50 · $100
- Small Ball Toy · score 100 · $100
Enrichment target: toys 150 + 60 per additional adult; feeders 10 + 5 per additional adult.
Food, life and breeding
- Food
- Nutritionally Complete Pellets + Fruit and Vegetables
- Food / drink amount
- 1 / 10
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $235 / $320 / $320
- Feeders
- Slow Feeder, Food Bowl - Large, Food Bowl - Small, Melon Feeder, Barrel Feeder - Hanging, Hanging Grazer Feeder, Dog Ball
- Lifespan
- 40–50 yr
- Mature / prime / old / elderly
- 3 yr / 10 yr / 23 yr / 36 yr
- Gestation / between births
- 0 yr / 1 yr
- Litter
- 1–4
- Fertility
- 0.5
- Mating system
- Polygynous
- Breeds in
- Summer
- Nest
- Ground
- Dominance
- Top hen leads nomadic groups when grazing, Alpha males in breeding groups.
- Ecosystem roles
- Terrestrial Seed Dispersers, Grazers, Medium Prey
- Wild population
- 300,000 - 900,000 (estimated)
- Guests flee if it escapes
- Yes
In the wild, ostriches are primarily social animals. During the breeding season, a small group of females will inhabit the territory of a dominant male, who temporarily joins their herd. During other times of year, ostriches live in large nomadic herds that move through the Savannah, often alongside other species of grazing animals.
Overview
- Scientific name
- Struthio camelus
- Class
- Aves
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Biome
- Grassland
- Continent
- Africa
- Cohabitation groups
- African Savannah
- Content
- Base game