While most of us are familiar with the common - and very flightless - ostrich, scientists labeled what second type of ostrich as a distinct species as recently as 2014?

The Somali ostrich was, until 2014, thought to be a subspecies of the common ostrich but was named its own species in 2014. The Somali ostrich is also known as the blue-necked ostrich due to the distinctive hue of its neck. It lives in the Horn of Africa, while the common ostrich is more widespread on the continent.

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