North African ostrich

North African ostrich[1]
Male
Female Both photographed at Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve, Israel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	Struthioniformes
Family:	Struthionidae
Genus:	Struthio
Species:	S. camelus
Subspecies:	S. c. camelus
Trinomial name
Struthio camelus camelus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Struthio camelus distribution map   North African subspecies (S. c. camelus)

The North African ostrich,^[1] red-necked ostrich, or Barbary ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus) is the nominate subspecies of the common ostrich from West and North Africa. It has the largest average size among the subspecies of ostriches, making it the largest living bird.