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Common ostrich
Struthio camelus
Birds · Least concern
vs
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Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
Birds · Least concern
One clip names both of them
531 views between them.
Common ostrich outweighs Roseate Spoonbill 74× — 111 kg against 1.5 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
111 kg
🦩 Common ostrich · AVONET
1.49 kg
🦩 Roseate Spoonbill · AVONET
Maximum lifespan
50 yr
🦩 Common ostrich · AnAge
28 yr
🦩 Roseate Spoonbill · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Aves (class), home to 18,988 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.