Tallest extant birds

This is a list of the tallest extant birds according to maximum height. Birds range from a tiny bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae), which is only 5–6 cm, to the giant African ostrich (Struthio camelus), almost 280 cm in height.

Rank Image Common name Binomial name Height
[m (ft)]
1Common ostrichStruthio camelus2.8[1]
2Somali ostrichStruthio molybdophanes2.75[2]
3EmuDromaius novaehollandiae1.9[3]
4Southern cassowaryCasuarius casuarius1.8[4][5]
5Sarus craneAntigone antigone1.8[6]
6Northern cassowaryCasuarius unappendiculatus1.8[7]
7Wattled craneGrus carunculata1.75[8]
8Greater rheaRhea americana1.7[9][10]
9Japanese craneGrus japonensis1.6[11]
10JabiruJabiru mycteria1.53[12]

References
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  2. BirdLife International (2016). "Struthio molybdophanes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22732795A95049558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22732795A95049558.en. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. Stephen Davies (2002). Ratites and Tinamous. ISBN 978-0-19-854996-3.
  4. Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Cassowaries". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 75–79. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0
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  6. Wood, T.C. & Krajewsky, C (1996). "Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation among the subspecies of Sarus Crane (Grus antigone)" (PDF). The Auk. 113 (3): 655–663. doi:10.2307/4088986.
  7. Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
  8. "Wattled Crane". savingcranes.org. International Crane Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  9. Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Rheas". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 69–73. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
  10. Parizzi, R. C., Santos, J. M., Oliveira, M. F., Maia, M. O., Sousa, J. A., Miglino, M. A., & Santos, T. C. D. (2008). Macroscopic and microscopic anatomy of the oviduct in the sexually mature rhea (Rhea americana). Anatomia, histologia, embryologia, 37(3), 169-176.
  11. del Hoyo, J. Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J.(1996) Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 3: Hoatzins to Auks Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
  12. Hancock & Kushan, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World. Princeton University Press (1992), ISBN 978-0-12-322730-0
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