Beardgrass vs Common Ostrich

Andropogon chevalieri compared with Struthio camelus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beardgrass	Common Ostrich
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Struthioniformes (Struthioniformes)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Struthionidae
Genus	Andropogon	Struthio
Species	Andropogon chevalieri	Struthio camelus

Conservation Status

Beardgrass

LC — Least Concern

Common Ostrich

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beardgrass	Common Ostrich
Diet	—	Omnivore
Average Lifespan	—	45 years
Average Length	—	2.1 m
Average Weight	—	100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beardgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Guinea.

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).

Beardgrass

The Beardgrass (Andropogon chevalieri) is a species in the genus Andropogon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.