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Jul 24, 2025

How many flightless bird species in the world?


                                 Ostrich picture by Holger Teichmann / Cornell Lab of Ornithology

I thought this would be easy.   Ostrich, Penguin, Rhea, Emu, Cassowary..... Ummmmm? 

Apparently there are 60 flightless birds in the world!

Add 166 extinct flightless birds and the total of extant and extinct birds is 226!

There is a ton of information online about this subject, so I will end this blog entry here and now.   Phew!

Please comment if you wish.

BarrytheBirder (83 years old but not extinct yet)

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