{"id":156588,"date":"2015-03-31T19:23:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T18:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:16:47","slug":"somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/vu-vulnerable\/somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Struthio molybdophanes is found in north-east Africa, with its range incorporating Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and Kenya (del Hoyo et al. 1992). This newly-split species is suspected to be undergoing a rapid decline over three generations (50 years) given the apparent severity of a variety of threats including hunting for feathers and food, egg collection and habitat loss and degradation.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Somali Ostrich\u00a0<i>Struthio\u00a0molybdophanes<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-591-156588\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6966\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes\/somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes.jpg\" title=\" \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\" \" alt=\"somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes\/thumbs\/thumbs_somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6941\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes\/img_9663.jpg\" title=\"Somali Ostrich Struthio Molybdophanes\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Somali Ostrich Struthio Molybdophanes\" alt=\"Somali Ostrich Struthio Molybdophanes\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_9663.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Somali Ostrich Struthio Molybdophanes<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6940\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes\/img_9660.jpg\" title=\"Somali Ostrich Struthio Molybdophanes\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Somali Ostrich Struthio Molybdophanes\" alt=\"Somali Ostrich Struthio Molybdophanes\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_9660.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Somali Ostrich Struthio Molybdophanes<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Struthio molybdophanes is found in north-east Africa, with its range incorporating Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and Kenya (del Hoyo et al. 1992). 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