The African ostrich is the world's tallest living bird; where does the second tallest, the emu, come from?
Emu The emu ("Dromaius novaehollandiae") is the second-largest living bird by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus "Dromaius". The emu's range covers most of mainland Australia, but the Tasmanian emu and King Island emu subspecies became extinct after the European settlement of Australia in 1788. The bird is sufficiently common for it to be rated as a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
African pipit The African pipit ("Anthus cinnamomeus") is a fairly small passerine bird belonging to the pipit genus "Anthus" in the family Motacillidae. It is also known as the grassveld pipit or grassland pipit. It was formerly lumped together with the Richard's, Australasian, mountain and paddyfield pipits in a single species, Richard's pipit ("Anthus novaeseelandiae"), but is now often treated as a species in its own right.