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.
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Rank | Image | Common name | Binomial name | Maximum height |
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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 | Greater flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | 187 cm (74 in)[4] | |
5 | Southern cassowary | Casuarius casuarius | 1.8 m (5.9 ft)[5][6] | |
6 | Sarus crane | Antigone antigone | 1.8 m (5.9 ft)[7] | |
7 | Northern cassowary | Casuarius unappendiculatus | 1.8 m (5.9 ft)[8] | |
8 | Saddle-billed stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | 1.8 m (5.9 ft)[9] | |
9 | Wattled crane | Grus carunculata | 1.75 m (5.7 ft)[10] | |
10 | Greater rhea | Rhea americana | 1.7 m (5.6 ft)[11][12] | |
11 | Japanese crane | Grus japonensis | 1.6 m (5.2 ft)[13] | |
12 | Whooping crane | Grus americana | 1.6 m (5.2 ft)[14][15] | |
13 | Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | 1.53 m (5.0 ft)[16] | |
14 | Goliath heron | Ardea goliath | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in)[17] | |
15 | Marabou stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in)[18] | |
16 | Black-necked stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in)[19] | |
17 | Greater adjutant | Leptoptilos dubius | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in)[20] | |
18 | Dwarf cassowary | Casuarius bennetti | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in)[21] |
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