Bar-tailed Trogon vs Common Ostrich

Apaloderma vittatum compared with Struthio camelus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bar-tailed Trogon	Common Ostrich
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Trogoniformes (Trogoniformes)	Struthioniformes (Struthioniformes)
Family	Trogonidae	Struthionidae
Genus	Apaloderma	Struthio
Species	Apaloderma vittatum	Struthio camelus

Evolutionary Relationship

Bar-tailed Trogon and Common Ostrich share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (Birds)

Conservation Status

Bar-tailed Trogon

LC — Least Concern

Common Ostrich

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bar-tailed Trogon	Common Ostrich
Diet	—	Omnivore
Average Lifespan	—	45 years
Average Length	—	2.1 m
Average Weight	—	100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bar-tailed Trogon

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Common Ostrich

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (5 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru).

Bar-tailed Trogon

The Bar-tailed Trogon (Apaloderma vittatum) is a species in the genus Apaloderma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Common Ostrich

The world's largest and heaviest living bird, common ostriches stand up to 2.8 meters tall and weigh 156 kg, inhabiting savannas and semi-arid plains of Africa. Flightless, they compensate with powerful long legs capable of delivering lethal kicks and sustaining running speeds of 70 km/h — the fastest of any bird. Their large eyes are the biggest of any land vertebrate. Ostriches lay the largest eggs of any living bird.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway