Tallest extant birds explained

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–, to the giant African ostrich (Struthio camelus), almost 280cm (110inches) in height.

RankImageCommon nameBinomial nameMaximum height
1 Struthio camelus2.8m (09.2feet)[1]
2 Struthio molybdophanes2.75m (09.02feet)[2]
3 Dromaius novaehollandiae1.9m (06.2feet)[3]
4 Phoenicopterus roseus187cm (74inches)[4]
5 Casuarius casuarius1.8m (05.9feet)[5] [6]
6 Antigone antigone1.8m (05.9feet)[7]
7 Casuarius unappendiculatus1.8m (05.9feet)[8]
8 Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis1.8m (05.9feet)[9]
9 Grus carunculata1.75m (05.74feet)[10]
10 Greater rheaRhea americana1.7m (05.6feet)[11] [12]
11 Grus japonensis1.6m (05.2feet)[13]
12 Grus americana1.6m (05.2feet)[14] [15]
13 Jabiru mycteria1.53m (05.02feet)[16]
14 Ardea goliath1520NaN0[17]
15 Leptoptilos crumenifer1520NaN0[18]
16 Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus1500NaN0
17 Leptoptilos dubius1500NaN0[19]
18 Casuarius bennetti1500NaN0

Notes and References

  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. .
  2. BirdLife International . 2016 . Struthio molybdophanes . 2016 . e.T22732795A95049558 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22732795A95049558.en . 15 January 2020.
  3. Stephen Davies (2002). Ratites and Tinamous. .
  4. Web site: Greater flamingo. 2008-10-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20090226145743/http://en.tourduvalat.org/content/download/7378/73859/version/2/file/All+About+Greater+Flamingo.pdf. 2009-02-26. dead.
  5. 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.
  6. "Southern Cassowary Species account". Animal Life Resource.
  7. 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.
  8. Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
  9. Book: CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses. 2nd. Dunning, John B. Jr. . CRC Press . 2008. 978-1-4200-6444-5.
  10. "Wattled Crane". savingcranes.org. International Crane Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  11. 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. .
  12. 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.
  13. del Hoyo, J. Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J.(1996) Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 3: Hoatzins to Auks Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
  14. Collar, J., Del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A., & Saragatal, J. (1996). Handbook of the birds of the World. Volume 3. Hoatzin to auks. Lynx Edicions.
  15. Soothill, E., & Soothill, R. (1982). Wading birds of the world. Blandford Press.
  16. Hancock & Kushan, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World. Princeton University Press (1992),
  17. http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/goliath.heron.html Goliath heron – Ardea goliath
  18. Book: Likoff, Laurie E. . The Encyclopedia of Birds. 21 August 2012. 1986. Infobase Publishing. 978-0-8160-5904-1. 616–.
  19. Duffin, C. J. (2012). A survey of birds and fabulous stones. Folklore, 123(2), 179-197.

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