Flightless bird Flightless bird Flightless birds are birds that through evolution lost the ability to fly. There are over 60 extant species including the well known ratites (ostrich, emu, cassowary, rhea and kiwi) and penguins. The smallest flightless bird is the Inaccessible Island rail (length 12.5 cm, weight 34.7 g). The largest (both heaviest and tallest) flightless bird, which is also the largest living bird, is the ostrich (2.7 m, 156 kg). Ostriches are farmed for their decorative feathers, meat and their skins, which are used to make leather. Many domesticated birds, such as the domestic chicken and domestic duck, have lost
Emu Creek Station Emu Creek Station Emu Creek or Emu Creek Station is a pastoral lease and cattle station located approximately east of Coral Bay and south east of Exmouth in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The station occupies an area of and has a carrying capacity of 1,590 head of cattle. The property was established in 1891 and occupied an area of almost . Initially sheep were run at Emu Creek and some 20,000 were pastured and shorn in the early years. The station also runs a Bureau of Meteorology weather station which in 2014 recorded 67 days of temperatures of