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Ostriches, emus and their relatives are classified into the palaeognath or "ancient jaw" group, and all other groups of birds are classified into the neognath or "modern jaw" group.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2022

Here’s what I learned while rooting for Suzy and getting my bearings in Burr Oak: Ostriches weigh around 320 pounds, the same as two sheep.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021

Paxton and three colleagues were awarded that year's Ig Nobel Prize in biology for their study "Courtship Behavior of Ostriches Towards Humans Under Farming Conditions in Britain."

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2012

Ostriches and emus are members of the ratites, a group of flightless birds that also includes rheas and kiwis.

From Scientific American • Dec. 8, 2011

“But never mind that. Ostriches are long of leg and short on brains. Bertha can’t have gone far. Cubs, fall in! Sniffing formation, hup! Now, any whiff of the bird?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood