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 (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]