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 (2.0–2.4 in), to the giant African ostrich (Struthio camelus), almost 280 cm (9.2 ft) in height.
Rank | Image | Common name | Binomial name | Maximum height |
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Common ostrich | Struthio camelus | 2.8 m (9.2 ft) [1] |
2 |
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Somali ostrich | Struthio molybdophanes | 2.75 m (9.0 ft) [2] |
3 |
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Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | 1.9 m (6.2 ft) [3] |
4 |
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Greater flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | 187 cm (74 in) [4] |
5 |
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Southern cassowary | Casuarius casuarius | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) [5] [6] |
6 |
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Sarus crane | Antigone antigone | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) [7] |
7 |
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Northern cassowary | Casuarius unappendiculatus | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) [8] |
8 |
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Saddle-billed stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) [9] |
9 |
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Wattled crane | Grus carunculata | 1.75 m (5.7 ft) [10] |
10 |
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Greater rhea | Rhea americana | 1.7 m (5.6 ft) [11] [12] |
11 |
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Japanese crane | Grus japonensis | 1.6 m (5.2 ft) [13] |
12 |
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Whooping crane | Grus americana | 1.6 m (5.2 ft) [14] [15] |
13 |
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Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | 1.53 m (5.0 ft) [16] |
14 |
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Goliath heron | Ardea goliath | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in) [17] |
15 |
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Marabou stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in) [18] |
16 |
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Black-necked stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) [19] |
17 |
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Greater adjutant | Leptoptilos dubius | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) [20] |
18 |
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dwarf cassowary | Casuarius bennetti | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) [21] |
iucn status 19 November 2021
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Davies
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).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 (2.0–2.4 in), to the giant African ostrich (Struthio camelus), almost 280 cm (9.2 ft) in height.
Rank | Image | Common name | Binomial name | Maximum height |
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1 |
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Common ostrich | Struthio camelus | 2.8 m (9.2 ft) [1] |
2 |
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Somali ostrich | Struthio molybdophanes | 2.75 m (9.0 ft) [2] |
3 |
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Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | 1.9 m (6.2 ft) [3] |
4 |
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Greater flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | 187 cm (74 in) [4] |
5 |
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Southern cassowary | Casuarius casuarius | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) [5] [6] |
6 |
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Sarus crane | Antigone antigone | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) [7] |
7 |
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Northern cassowary | Casuarius unappendiculatus | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) [8] |
8 |
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Saddle-billed stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) [9] |
9 |
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Wattled crane | Grus carunculata | 1.75 m (5.7 ft) [10] |
10 |
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Greater rhea | Rhea americana | 1.7 m (5.6 ft) [11] [12] |
11 |
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Japanese crane | Grus japonensis | 1.6 m (5.2 ft) [13] |
12 |
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Whooping crane | Grus americana | 1.6 m (5.2 ft) [14] [15] |
13 |
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Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | 1.53 m (5.0 ft) [16] |
14 |
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Goliath heron | Ardea goliath | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in) [17] |
15 |
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Marabou stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in) [18] |
16 |
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Black-necked stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) [19] |
17 |
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Greater adjutant | Leptoptilos dubius | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) [20] |
18 |
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dwarf cassowary | Casuarius bennetti | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) [21] |
iucn status 19 November 2021
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Davies
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).