common Ostrich · Struthio camelus · Linnaeus, 1758 Order: STRUTHIONIFORMES Family: Struthionidae (Ostriches) Species: camelus

Subspecies Unclassified
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7 foreground recordings and 0 elevator recordings of Struthio camelus . Complete recording duration 3:45.


common name / Scientific length Recordist day Time nation Location Elev. (m) form Remarks action Cat.nr.

A little juvenile, evidently separated from its parent(s) and siblings. The call is very quiet, tape-recorded from a pair of m away.

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XC516153

Recording modified: Frequencies over 640hz diminished by 12db and also frequencies below 320 amplified as well. The overall recording has been amplified significantly by approximately 30db together well.Part the a 13 hour recording session whereby the microphones were left through a waterhole overnight.

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Recording modified: Frequencies above 640hz brought down through 12db and also the frequencies in between 160-320hz have been increased by 12db. The recording has likewise been substantially amplified.Recorded in a dry flow bed on the Limpopo River. This is component of a 2 hour recording whereby the mics to be left alone to record the pre-dawn come dawn, i was around 1km away from the microphones.

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Although this is a zoo collection, ns share the recordingby permission the the zoo sinceit would certainly be very difficult to document this voice in the wild.Extracted from a video clip (edited) recording accessible athttps://twitter.com/moriokazoo/status/1434793239899430914.

According to What sound go an ostrich make? - IsEqualTo,"Ostriches make two kinds of noise: the males make a low, deep noise dubbed a boom.They execute this by inflating their neck yet keeping your beaks shut. Males "boom" as a adjustment technique, noting their territory. Female ostriches, top top the other hand, make a hissing noise v their beaks open."

The present voice walk not match the two types of voice inthis description, and evaluation of this voice would melted light onthe vocalization system in Struthio camelus.

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Common Ostrich near water trough in livestock camp.

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Recorded on one ostrich farm yard an enclosure where tiny juvenile common Ostriches were being fed in the morning in winter.

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