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Ash, J.; Atkins, J. 2009. Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea: an atlas of distribution. Christopher Helm, London.
Davies, S. 2002. Ratites and Tinamous. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. (eds). 1992. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 21 July 2022).
Mutiga, M., Muoria, P.K., Kotut, K. and Karuri, H. W. 2016. Behavioural patterns and responses to human disturbances of wild Somali Ostriches (Struthio molydophanes) in Samburu, Kenya. International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR) 4(8): 495-502.
Ocholla, G.O., Mireri, C. and Muoria, P.K. 2016. Application of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Wildlife Management: A Case Study of the Samburu Pastoral Community in Kenya. International Journal of Applied Science and Technology 6(1): 72-80.
Ripple, W.J., Wolf, C., Newsome, T.M., Betts, M.G., Ceballos, G., Courchamp, F., Hayward, M.W., Valkenburgh, B.V., Wallach, A.D. and Worm, B. 2019. Are we eating the world's megafauna to extinction? Conservation Letters 10.1111/conl.12627.
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/somali-ostrich-struthio-molybdophanes on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.