Noah's Ark Possibility Project (NAPP)
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Table 15 is intended to provide a rough estimate of the average weight of adult extinct historic birds. These birds may have been accounted for in Table 3 results, but are included here just in case they have not.
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1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_bird
2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upland_moa
3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Island_emu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_Island_emu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_shelduck
7https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9union_sheldgoose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_goose
10https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius_sheldgoose
11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brant_(goose)
12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_wigeon
13https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascarene_teal
14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_mallard
15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finsch%27s_duck
16https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink-headed_duck
17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrador_duck
18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_merganser
19https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-breasted_merganser
20 this website, NAPP, Table 3, Ave. of Ave. Adult Wt. Used for Galliformes
21https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pile-builder_megapode
22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viti_Levu_scrubfowl
23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_quail
24 this website, NAPP, Table 3, Ave. of Ave. Adult Wt. Used, Charadriiformes
25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javan_lapwing
26 this website, NAPP, Table 3, Ave. of Ave. Adult Wt. Used, Gruiformes
27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascarene_coot
28 this website, NAPP, Table 3, Ave. of Ave. Adult Wt. Used, Podicipediformes 29 Ibid., Ciconiiformes
30 Ibid., Pelecaniformes
31 Ibid., Procellariiformes
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