Shoebill(7 meters tall and 8 kilograms)
The solitary shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) is a very big bird. Its height is up to around 1.7 meters high. Males species are commonly taller compared to females and have much longer bills.
The entire shoebill is bluish-grey, with black-tipped and slaty feathers edged with green. Shoebills are mainly carnivorous birds.
They are large in size and have huge beaks that give them permission to hunt anything from water snakes to catfish and sometimes even monitor lizards.
- Appearance: Large, bulbous, and straw-colored with erratic gray markings, resembling a clog or shoe. Overall body is various shades of gray, with darker hues on the head and wings
- Size: Around 110-140 cm (43-55 in) in height, some reaching up to 152 cm (60 in).Not bulky, despite their height, weighing around 4-7 kg (8.8-15.4 lb).
- Habitat: Found in large swamps and wetlands from South Sudan to Zambia.
- Family Name: Balaenicipitidae (Shoebill family).
Top 15+ Biggest Birds in The World (2024)
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), is the largest bird in the world. There are approximately 10,000 species of birds present on the earth and they are rages from different sizes and shapes from the small bee hummingbird to the largest ostrich.
Ostrich belongs to the infra-class Palaeognathae. It is the tallest and heaviest – around over 2 meters in height (and occasionally reaches 2.8 meters), and weighs up to 160 kg. At this size, the ostrich is a flightless bird, it is known as the fastest animal running on two legs because its run-up speed is much higher than other animals and the speed of birds is 69 km per hour.
A diverse group of flightless birds called ratites involved the emu, rheas, and kiwi. Both the common ostrich and the Somali ostrich are two living species of ostrich. They are large flightless birds of Africa that lay the largest eggs compared to any living land Species. They are the fastest birds on earth as they can run at speeds of up to 70 km/h.