Struthio camelus Common Ostrich Volstruis

Ostriches are found across much of the Waterberg. To what extent the ancestral Common Ostrich occurred here is unknown but its unlikely that it had the present distribution as the bird’s preferred habitat of open plains in the Waterberg is limited. There is a farm north of Vaalwater, though, Vogelstruisfontein KR69, named after the bird, […]
Target area
Topography
Geology
Soils
Upland areas
Drainage
Rainfall
Vegetation (Mucina, Rutherford)
Veld types (Acocks)
Vegetation (Low & Rebelo)
De-bushed areas