Tallest extant birds

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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
1 Common ostrich Struthio camelus 2.8 m (9.2 ft)[1]
2 Somali ostrich Struthio molybdophanes 2.75 m (9.0 ft)[2]
3 Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae 1.9 m (6.2 ft)[3]
4 Southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius 1.8 m (5.9 ft)[4][5]
5 Sarus crane Antigone antigone 1.8 m (5.9 ft)[6]
6 Northern cassowary Casuarius unappendiculatus 1.8 m (5.9 ft)[7]
7 Wattled crane Grus carunculata 1.75 m (5.7 ft)[8]
8 Greater rhea Rhea americana 1.7 m (5.6 ft)[9][10]
9 Japanese crane Grus japonensis 1.6 m (5.2 ft)[11]
10 Jabiru Jabiru mycteria 1.53 m (5.0 ft)[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 99–101. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
  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
  5. ^ "Southern Cassowary Species account". Animal Life Resource.
  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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