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Top 5 largest (heaviest) living birds

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Body mass — Birds

Snapshot · 2026-05-31

  1. 1

    Common (Barbary) Ostrich

    ~156.8 kg

  2. 2

    Somali Ostrich

    ~130 kg

  3. 3

    Southern Cassowary

    ~85 kg

  4. 4

    Northern Cassowary

    ~75 kg

  5. 5

    Emu

    ~70 kg