Intshe

Izintshe yizinyoni ezinkulu ezingakwazi ukundiza. Ziyizinyoni ezisindayo futhi ezinkulu kunazo zonke eziphilayo, kanti izintshe ezivamile ezindala ezinesisindo esiphakathi kwamakhilogremu angu-63.5 nangu-145 futhi ezibekela amaqanda amakhulu kunawo wonke anoma yisiphi isilwane sasemhlabathini esiphilayo.Del Hoyo, Josep, et al. Handbook of the birds of the world.  Nekhono lokugijima ngesivinini esingu-70 km/h (43.5 mph), ziyizinyoni ezishesha kakhulu ezweni.   Zifuywa emhlabeni wonke, zinezimboni ezibalulekile ePhilippines naseNamibia. Isikhumba sentshe siyimpahla enenzuzo, futhi izimpaphe zayo ezinkulu zisetshenziswa njengezimpaphe zokuhlobisa izembatho zemikhosi ezifakwa ekhanda. Amaqanda entshe asetshenziswe abantu izinkulungwane zeminyaka.

Izintshe zinguhlobo lwe-I-Struthio ohlwini lwe-Struthoniformes, ingxenye ye--Palaeognathae, iqembu elihlukahlukene lezinyoni ezingakwazi ukundiza elaziwa nangokuthi ama-ratites elifaka ama-emu, ama-rheas, ama-cassowaries, ama-kiwi kanye nezinyoni ezisandlovu ezingasekho nama-moas. Kunezinhlobo ezimbili zezintshe eziphilayo intshe ejwayelekile, evela ezindaweni ezinkulu zase-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara, kanye nentshe yaseSomalia, evela eNhlonhlweni ye-Afrika. Intshe ejwayelekile ngokomlando yayingeyokuvela ePeninsula yase-Arabia, futhi izintshe zazikhona kulo lonke elase-Asia kuze kufike empumalanga ekude ese-China naseMongolia ngesikhathi se-Pleistocene Yokugcina futhi mhlawumbe nakuI-Holocene.