Editing Common ostrich (section)

==Status and conservation==
[[File:Nurmijärvi ostrich farm.jpg|thumb|The Ketola Ostrich Farm in [[Nurmijärvi]], [[Finland]]<ref>[https://agrocenter.fi/ Strutsitarha Ketolan Tila] (in Finnish)</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.theelephantmum.com/strawberry-season-has-started/| title = Strawberry season has started - The Elephant Mum| date = 19 July 2017}}</ref>]]
The wild common ostrich population has declined drastically in the last 200 years, with most surviving birds in reserves or on farms.<ref name="Davies"/> However, its range remains very large ({{cvt|9800000|km2|disp=or}}), leading the [[IUCN]] and [[BirdLife International]] to treat it as a species of [[least concern]].<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> Of its five subspecies, the [[Arabian ostrich]] (''S. c. syriacus'') became extinct around 1966. North African ostrich populations are protected under Appendix I of the [[Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species]] (CITES) meaning commercial international trade is prohibited and non-commercial trade is strictly regulated.<ref name="CITESAppendices"/>

[[File:Killing ostriches on the Zliten mosaic.JPG|thumb|Roman mosaic, 2nd century AD]]