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)] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Common ostrich | Struthio camelus | 2.8[1] |
| 2 |  | Somali ostrich | Struthio molybdophanes | 2.75[2] |
| 3 |  | Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | 1.9[3] |
| 4 |  | Southern cassowary | Casuarius casuarius | 1.8[4][5] |
| 5 | .jpg.webp) | Sarus crane | Antigone antigone | 1.8[6] |
| 6 |  | Northern cassowary | Casuarius unappendiculatus | 1.8[7] |
| 7 |  | Wattled crane | Grus carunculata | 1.75[8] |
| 8 |  | Greater rhea | Rhea americana | 1.7[9][10] |
| 9 |  | Japanese crane | Grus japonensis | 1.6[11] |
| 10 |  | Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | 1.53[12] |
References
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- 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.
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- "Southern Cassowary Species account". Animal Life Resource.
- 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.
- Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
- "Wattled Crane". savingcranes.org. International Crane Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- 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.
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