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Table 3 - Extant Bird Weights (Continued)
Birds
Ref.
No. of
Bird Adult Weights and Sizes
Adult Ave.
Ave. of
Total Wt.
No.
Species
from References
Wt. Used
Adult Ave.
Males +
from
Wt. Used
Females
Ref.
(oz)
(oz)
(oz)
Ciconiiformes
1
19
180.33
6853
Saddle-billed stork
2
m 14.1 lb mean f 13.1 lb mean
217.60
Jabiru
3
m 15.2 lb ave. f 11.5 lb
213.60
Marabou stork
4
up to 18 lb
216.00
Yellow-billed stork
5
m 2.3 kg and f 1.9 kg
74.13
Coliiformes
6
6
1.83
22
Speckled mousebird
7
50 to 57 g
1.89
Mousebirds
8
45 to 55 g
1.77
Columbiformes
9
300
15.62
9370
African olive pigeon
10
11 to 16 oz
13.50
Japanese wood pigeon
11
1.2 lb
19.20
Pink pigeon
12
350 g
12.36
Red-billed pigeon
13
8.1 to15.0 oz
11.55
Victoria crowned pigeon
14
7.7 lb
123.20
Rock pigeon
15
8.4 to 13.4 oz
10.90
White-crowned pigeon
16
5.3 to 10.6 oz
7.95
Common woodpigeon
17
284 to 690 g
17.19
Common ground dove
18
0.92 to 1.41 oz
1.17
Mariana fruit dove
19
approx. 2 oz
2.00
Mariana fruit dove
20
92 g
3.25
Namaqua dove
21
40 g
1.41
Jambu fruit dove
22
about 1.5 oz
1.50
Lemon dove
23
2.88 to 5.29 oz
4.09
Mourning dove
24
4.0 to 6.0 oz
5.00
Coraciiformes
25
144
3.93
1133
Rufous-bellied kookaburra
26
around 5.0 oz
5.00
Laughing kookaburra
27
1.8 oz
1.80
Todies
28
5 to 7 g
0.21
Blue-crowned motmot
29
6.2 oz
6.20
Belted kingfisher
30
4.0 to 6.3 oz
5.15
Giant kingfisher
31
12.5 oz
12.50
African dwarf kingfisher
32
0.37 oz
0.37
Lilac breasted roller
33
104 g
3.67
Little bee-eater
34
11 to 18 g
0.51
Cuculiformes
35
126
7.77
1959
African emerald cuckoo
36
35 g
1.24
Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo
37
around 35 g
1.24
Little bronze cuckoo
38
17 g
0.60
Channel-billed cuckoo
39
1.4 lb
22.40
Greater roadrunner
40
7.8 to 19.0 oz
13.40
Eurypygiformes
41
2
22.00
88
Kagu
42
5 to 39 oz
22.00
Falconiformes
43
60
18.95
2274
Crested goshawk
44
up to 500 g
13.24
Gyrfalcon
45
m 1.775 to 2.976 lb f 2.60 to 4.63 lb
47.92
Red-footed falcon
46
5.5 oz
5.50
Peregrine falcon
47
m <1.5 lb f >1.8 lb
26.40
Microhierax
48
1.2 oz
1.20
Swainson's hawk
49
f 2.5 lb ave. m 1.8 lb ave.
34.40
American kestrel
50
4 oz
4.00
Galliformes
51
250
44.08
22039
Little chachalaca
52
13 to 22 oz
17.50
Great curassow
53
6.8 to 10.6 lb
139.20
Andean guan
54
1.1 to 1.8 lb
23.20
Silver pheasant
55
m 2.5 to 4.4 lb f 2.2 to 2.9 lb
48.00
Spruce grouse
56
m 19 to 23 oz f 16 to19 oz
19.25
Wattled guan
57
42 to 55 oz
48.50
Crested guineafowl
58
1.590 to 3.402 lb
39.94
Crested argus
59
3.3 lb ave.
52.80
Double-banded argus
60
m 4.5 to 6.0 lb f 3.5 to 3.7 lb
70.80
Helmeted guineafowl
61
1.3 kg
45.89
Dutch bantam chicken
62
1 to 1.2 lb
17.60
California quail
63
145 to 210 g
6.27
Gaviiformes
64
5
58.40
584
Red-throated loon
65
2.2 to 6.0 lb
65.60
Pacific loon
66
2.2 to 5.5 lb
61.60
Helmeted guineafowl
67
about 3 lb
48.00
Gruiformes
68
164
178.53
58559
Blue crane
69
7.9 to13.7 lb
172.80
Red-crowned crane
70
15 to 23 lb
304.00
Sandhill crane
71
m 10.1 lb ave. f 8.9 lb ave.
152.00
Sarus crane
72
11 to 26 lb
296.00
Demoiselle crane
73
4.5 to 6 lb
84.00
Wattled crane
74
f 6.4 to 7.9 kg m 7.5 to 9 kg
271.81
West African crowned crane
75
approx. 20 lb
320.00
Limpkin
76
2.38 lb
38.08
Trumpeter
77
2.2 to 3.3 lb
44.00
Grey-winged trumpeter
78
2.9 lb
46.40
Rails
79
20 g to 3000 g
53.30
Cori bustard
80
m 30 lb f 15 lb
360.00
Leptosomatiformes
81
1
8.14
16
Cuckoo-roller
82
160 to 301 g
8.14
Mesitornithiformes (flightless)
83
3
5.22
31
Brown mesite
84
148 g (one female)
5.22
Musophagiformes
85
23
12.60
580
White-cheeked turaco
86
200 to 315 g
9.09
Violaceous plantain eater turaco
87
360 g
12.71
Lady Ross’s turaco
88
just under 1 lb
16.00
Opisthocomiformes
89
1
28.15
56
Hoatzin
90
695 to 900 g
28.15
Otidiformes
91
27
250.40
13522
Kori bustard
92
30 lb
480.00
Little brown bustard
93
1.3 lb
20.80
Subtotal for this page only
117086
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1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle-billed_stork
3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabiru
4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stork
5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-billed_stork
6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
7http://www.torontozoo.com/ExploreTheZoo/AnimalDetails.asp?pg=434
8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousebird
9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
10https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_olive_pigeon
11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_wood_pigeon
12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_pigeon
13https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-billed_pigeon
14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_crowned_pigeon
15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_dove
16https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-crowned_pigeon
17 http://www.hbw.com/species/common-woodpigeon-columba-palumbus
18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ground_dove
19http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/Animals/Birds/Other-Birds/Mariana-Fruit-Dove.htm
20 http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/mariana.fruit.dove.html
21https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namaqua_dove
22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambu_fruit_dove
23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_dove
24https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_dove
25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous-bellied_kookaburra
27https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous-bellied_kookaburra
28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tody
29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-crowned_motmot
30https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belted_kingfishe
31 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingfishe
32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingfishe
33https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac-breasted_roller
34 http://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/birds_little_bee_eater.htm
35 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
36http://planetbirds.blogspot.com/2011/09/african-emerald-cuckoo.htm
37 http://planetbirds.blogspot.com/2015/01/fork-tailed-drongo-cuckoo.html
38https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo
39 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo
40 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_roadrunner
41 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
42https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagu
43 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
44 http://planetbirds.blogspot.com/2011/02/crested-goshawk.html
45https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrfalcon
46 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-footed_falcon
47 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_falcon
48https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microhierax
49 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swainson's_hawk
50 http://www.zoodegranby.com/cgi-bin/zoo/search.html?fi=animals&st=db&sp=tpl_animals_detail&tf=code&co=1&sf=code&se=00125&op=rm&nu=1&su=0&ml=1
51https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
52 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_chachalaca
53 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_curassow
54https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_guan
55 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_pheasan
56 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spruce_grouse
57https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattled_guan
58 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_guineafowl
59 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_argus
60https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_argus
61 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmeted_guineafowl
62 http://www.moncton.ca/Assets/Visitors+English/Zoo+English/Animal+Info+Sheets/Dutch+Bantam+Chicken.pdf
63http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/california-quail
64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
65 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-throated_loon
66https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_loon
67 http://sierrasafarizoo.org/animals.pdf
68 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
69https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_crane
70 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned_crane
71 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_crane
72https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarus_crane
73 http://www.moncton.ca/Assets/Visitors+English/Zoo+English/Animal+Info+Sheets/Demoiselle+Crane.pdf
74http://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/birds_wattled_crane.htm
75 http://zooboise.org/animals/west-african-crowned-crane/
76 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpkin
77https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpeter_%28bird%29
78 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-winged_trumpeter
79 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rallidae
80http://www.zoonewengland.org/franklin-park-zoo/our-animals/birds/kori-bustard
81 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
82 http://www.hbw.com/species/cuckoo-roller-leptosomus-discolor
83https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds#Mesitornithiformes
84 http://www.hbw.com/species/brown-mesite-mesitornis-unicolor
85 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
86http://www.torontozoo.com/ExploreTheZoo/AnimalDetails.asp?pg=699
87 http://www.torontozoo.com/ExploreTheZoo/AnimalDetails.asp?pg=436
88http://mnzoo.org/blog/animals/lady-rosss-turaco/
89 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
90 http://www.hbw.com/species/hoatzin-opisthocomus-hoazin
91https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
92 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bustard
93 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bustard
.
2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle-billed_stork
3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabiru
4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stork
5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-billed_stork
6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
7http://www.torontozoo.com/ExploreTheZoo/AnimalDetails.asp?pg=434
8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousebird
9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
10https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_olive_pigeon
11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_wood_pigeon
12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_pigeon
13https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-billed_pigeon
14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_crowned_pigeon
15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_dove
16https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-crowned_pigeon
17 http://www.hbw.com/species/common-woodpigeon-columba-palumbus
18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ground_dove
19http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/Animals/Birds/Other-Birds/Mariana-Fruit-Dove.htm
20 http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/mariana.fruit.dove.html
21https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namaqua_dove
22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambu_fruit_dove
23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_dove
24https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_dove
25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous-bellied_kookaburra
27https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous-bellied_kookaburra
28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tody
29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-crowned_motmot
30https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belted_kingfishe
31 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingfishe
32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingfishe
33https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac-breasted_roller
34 http://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/birds_little_bee_eater.htm
35 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
36http://planetbirds.blogspot.com/2011/09/african-emerald-cuckoo.htm
37 http://planetbirds.blogspot.com/2015/01/fork-tailed-drongo-cuckoo.html
38https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo
39 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo
40 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_roadrunner
41 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
42https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagu
43 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
44 http://planetbirds.blogspot.com/2011/02/crested-goshawk.html
45https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrfalcon
46 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-footed_falcon
47 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_falcon
48https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microhierax
49 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swainson's_hawk
50 http://www.zoodegranby.com/cgi-bin/zoo/search.html?fi=animals&st=db&sp=tpl_animals_detail&tf=code&co=1&sf=code&se=00125&op=rm&nu=1&su=0&ml=1
51https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
52 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_chachalaca
53 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_curassow
54https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_guan
55 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_pheasan
56 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spruce_grouse
57https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattled_guan
58 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_guineafowl
59 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_argus
60https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_argus
61 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmeted_guineafowl
62 http://www.moncton.ca/Assets/Visitors+English/Zoo+English/Animal+Info+Sheets/Dutch+Bantam+Chicken.pdf
63http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/california-quail
64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
65 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-throated_loon
66https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_loon
67 http://sierrasafarizoo.org/animals.pdf
68 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
69https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_crane
70 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned_crane
71 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_crane
72https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarus_crane
73 http://www.moncton.ca/Assets/Visitors+English/Zoo+English/Animal+Info+Sheets/Demoiselle+Crane.pdf
74http://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/birds_wattled_crane.htm
75 http://zooboise.org/animals/west-african-crowned-crane/
76 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpkin
77https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpeter_%28bird%29
78 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-winged_trumpeter
79 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rallidae
80http://www.zoonewengland.org/franklin-park-zoo/our-animals/birds/kori-bustard
81 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
82 http://www.hbw.com/species/cuckoo-roller-leptosomus-discolor
83https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds#Mesitornithiformes
84 http://www.hbw.com/species/brown-mesite-mesitornis-unicolor
85 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
86http://www.torontozoo.com/ExploreTheZoo/AnimalDetails.asp?pg=699
87 http://www.torontozoo.com/ExploreTheZoo/AnimalDetails.asp?pg=436
88http://mnzoo.org/blog/animals/lady-rosss-turaco/
89 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
90 http://www.hbw.com/species/hoatzin-opisthocomus-hoazin
91https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds
92 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bustard
93 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bustard
.