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.
| Rank | Image | Common name | Binomial name | Maximum height |
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| 1 | | | Struthio camelus | 2.8m (09.2feet)[1] |
| 2 | | | Struthio molybdophanes | 2.75m (09.02feet)[2] |
| 3 | | | Dromaius novaehollandiae | 1.9m (06.2feet)[3] |
| 4 | | | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1.87m (06.14feet)[4] |
| 5 | | Greater rhea | Rhea americana | 1.83m (06feet)[5] [6] |
| 6 | | | Casuarius casuarius | 1.8m (05.9feet)[7] [8] |
| 7 | | | Antigone antigone | 1.8m (05.9feet)[9] |
| 8 | | | Casuarius unappendiculatus | 1.8m (05.9feet)[10] |
| 9 | | | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | 1.8m (05.9feet)[11] |
| 10 | | | Grus carunculata | 1.75m (05.74feet)[12] |
| 11 | | | Grus japonensis | 1.6m (05.2feet)[13] |
| 12 | | | Grus americana | 1.6m (05.2feet)[14] [15] |
| 13 | | | Jabiru mycteria | 1.53m (05.02feet)[16] |
| 14 | | | Ardea goliath | 1.520NaN0[17] |
| 15 | | | Leptoptilos crumenifer | 1.520NaN0[18] |
| 16 | | | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | 1.50NaN0 |
| 17 | | | Leptoptilos dubius | 1.50NaN0[19] |
| 18 | | | Casuarius bennetti | 1.50NaN0 | |
Notes and References
- 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. .
- BirdLife International . 2016 . Struthio molybdophanes . 2016 . e.T22732795A95049558 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22732795A95049558.en . 15 January 2020.
- Stephen Davies (2002). Ratites and Tinamous. .
- 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.
- 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. .
- 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.
- 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.
- "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)
- Book: CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses. 2nd. Dunning, John B. Jr. . CRC Press . 2008. 978-1-4200-6444-5.
- "Wattled Crane". savingcranes.org. International Crane Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- del Hoyo, J. Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J.(1996) Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 3: Hoatzins to Auks Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
- Collar, J., Del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A., & Saragatal, J. (1996). Handbook of the birds of the World. Volume 3. Hoatzin to auks. Lynx Edicions.
- Soothill, E., & Soothill, R. (1982). Wading birds of the world. Blandford Press.
- Hancock & Kushan, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World. Princeton University Press (1992),
- http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/goliath.heron.html Goliath heron – Ardea goliath
- Book: Likoff, Laurie E. . The Encyclopedia of Birds. 21 August 2012. 1986. Infobase Publishing. 978-0-8160-5904-1. 616–.
- Duffin, C. J. (2012). A survey of birds and fabulous stones. Folklore, 123(2), 179-197.
