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The Top 10 Largest Flightless Birds From Around the World

By Russell Deasley @Worlds_Top_10

While 99% of all bird species can indeed fly there is a small percentage that can’t. Thee flightless birds are often seen as oddities in the bird world, but some of them are larger than you might think. Looking at all flightless birds from around the world I bring you the ten largest… The Top 10 Largest Flightless Birds From Around the World   10 – Kiwi – Average Weight: 3.5 kg (7 lb, 12 oz – Average Height: 55.9 cm (22 in) DNA sequence comparisons have yielded the surprising conclusion that the kiwi bird is much more closely related to the extinct Malagasy elephant birds than to the moa with which they shared New Zealand. There are five recognised


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