{"id":3302,"date":"2023-04-21T09:24:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T09:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/?p=3302"},"modified":"2023-04-21T09:24:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T09:24:57","slug":"how-many-species-of-flightless-birds-are-there-how-many-can-you-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/how-many-species-of-flightless-birds-are-there-how-many-can-you-name\/","title":{"rendered":"How many species of flightless birds are there? How many can you name?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Approximately 60 species of flightless birds are still living. About 166 others have gone extinct in the past 100 centuries, and about half of the existing flightless birds are listed as threatened with or vulnerable to extinction. The largest flightless bird is the Common Ostrich, and the smallest is the Inaccessible Island Rail. Bird groups with flightless members include the ratites, waterfowl, grebes, cormorants, penguins, rails, and parrots. How many can you name?\u00a0 Find a list below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Common Ostrich<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Somali Ostrich<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greater Rhea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesser Rhea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southern Cassowary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dwarf Cassowary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Northern Cassowary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southern Brown Kiwi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Okarito Kiwi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Island Brown Kiwi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little Spotted Kiwi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Spotted Kiwi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Auckland Islands Teal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Campbell Islands Teal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flightless Steamer-Duck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Falkland Steamer-Duck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"3304\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/flightless_Falkland_Steamer-Duck_Photo_263025038___Steamer_Duck_\u00a9_Jeremy_Richards___Dreamstime.com_-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/flightless_Falkland_Steamer-Duck_Photo_263025038___Steamer_Duck_\u00a9_Jeremy_Richards___Dreamstime.com_-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/flightless_Falkland_Steamer-Duck_Photo_263025038___Steamer_Duck_\u00a9_Jeremy_Richards___Dreamstime.com_-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/flightless_Falkland_Steamer-Duck_Photo_263025038___Steamer_Duck_\u00a9_Jeremy_Richards___Dreamstime.com_-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/flightless_Falkland_Steamer-Duck_Photo_263025038___Steamer_Duck_\u00a9_Jeremy_Richards___Dreamstime.com_-1-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/flightless_Falkland_Steamer-Duck_Photo_263025038___Steamer_Duck_\u00a9_Jeremy_Richards___Dreamstime.com_-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 770px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Falkland Steamer-Duck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>White-headed Steamer-Duck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Titicaca Grebe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Junin Grebe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flightless Cormorant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>King Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emperor Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adelie Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gentoo Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chinstrap Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yellow-eyed Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>African Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Humboldt Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Galapagos Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magellanic Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fiordland Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erect-crested Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Macaroni Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Royal Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southern Rockhopper Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snares Penguin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inaccessible Island Rail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snoring Rail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calayan Rail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invisible Rail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" data-id=\"3308\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/flightless_Weka_Photo_24878056_\u00a9_Jeffrey_Banke___Dreamstime.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/flightless_Weka_Photo_24878056_\u00a9_Jeffrey_Banke___Dreamstime.com_.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/flightless_Weka_Photo_24878056_\u00a9_Jeffrey_Banke___Dreamstime.com_-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/flightless_Weka_Photo_24878056_\u00a9_Jeffrey_Banke___Dreamstime.com_-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/flightless_Weka_Photo_24878056_\u00a9_Jeffrey_Banke___Dreamstime.com_-640x426.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 770px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Weka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New Caledonian Rail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lord Howe Rail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Okinawa Rail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Britain Rail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodford\u2019s Rail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guam Rail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roviana Rail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tasmanian Native-hen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Makira Moorhen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gough Moorhen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samoan Moorhen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giant Coot (adults are flightless; juvenile birds can fly)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>South Island Takahe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Guinea Flightless Rail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henderson Island Crake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kakapo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Several other bird species have never been seen flying, but it has not been determined with certainty that they cannot fly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 60 species of flightless birds are still living. About 166 others have gone extinct in the past 100 centuries. Find a list of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":3304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[932],"tags":[],"topics":[],"yst_prominent_words":[31,53,54,253,794],"class_list":["post-3302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-experience1"],"acf":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"ZEISS Birding Team","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/author\/zeissbirding\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/flightless_Falkland_Steamer-Duck_Photo_263025038___Steamer_Duck_\u00a9_Jeremy_Richards___Dreamstime.com_-1-600x400.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/category\/experience1\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Experience<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Experience<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 21, 2023","modified":"Updated on April 21, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 21, 2023 9:24 am","modified":"Updated on April 21, 2023 9:24 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Falkland Steamer Duck","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3302"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3318,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions\/3318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3302"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=3302"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/birding\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}