Description
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The neck is pinkish-red,
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The feathers of males is black and white
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The feathers of females is grayish
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This is how the species red necked ostrich looks like.
Head to body :
Height length : 2.74 m ( 9.0 feet )
Weight : 154 kg ( 340 lbs )
Range : Ethiopia and Sudan to Sahel of Africa to Senegal and Mauritania and north to Egypt and southern morocco
Habitat: open savannas and Sahel of Africa. Both north and south equatorial forest zone
Diet. : seeds, grass, shrubs, fruit and flowers
Status: this species are drastically reducing in the last 200 years
Reason for status: hunting and habitat loss
Incubation period : 35 -45 days
Longevity: 40 – 45 years in wild / 40 years