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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)
Passeriformes
1
5000
around
-794
Less: Pass. species listed separately
1.33
11221
White-breasted thrasher
2
48 to 60 g
1.77
Brown thrasher
3
2.4 oz
2.40
California thrasher
4
3.0 oz
3.00
Long-billed thrasher
5
2.5 oz
2.50
Gray catbird
6
1.2 to 1.4 oz
1.30
Black catbird
7
1.1 to 1.5 oz
1.30
Long-tailed broadbill
8
between 50 and 60 g
1.94
American bushtit
9
0.18 to 0.21 oz
0.20
Carolina chickadee
10
0.32 to 0.42 oz
0.37
Black-capped chickadee
11
0.32 to 0.49 oz
0.41
Giant antshrike
12
5.29 oz
5.29
Pygmy antwren
13
0.25 oz
0.25
Dark-eyed junco
14
18 to 30 g
0.85
Ruby-crowned kinglets
15
0.2 to 0.4 oz
0.30
Goldcrest
16
0.16 to 0.25 oz
0.21
American dipper
17
46 g ave.
1.62
White-headed buffalo weaver
18
2.0 to 3.0 oz
2.50
White-bellied wren
19
0.32 oz
0.32
Giant wren
20
1.8 oz
1.80
Northern mockingbird
21
1.4 to 2.0 oz
1.70
Blackpoll warbler
22
0.42 to 0.53 oz ave.
0.48
Canada warbler
23
9 to 13 g
0.39
Willow warbler
24
7 to 15 g 11 to 12.5 cm
0.39
Olive warbler
25
0.34 to 0.42 oz 5.1 to 5.5 in
0.38
Black-and-white warbler
26
5.25 in
0.42
e
Virginia warbler
27
4.25 in
0.34
e
Calaveras warbler
28
4.5 in
0.36
e
Orange-crowned warbler
29
4.5 in
0.36
e
Lutescent warbler
30
4.5 in
0.36
e
Myrtle warbler
31
5.5 in
0.44
e
Audubon warbler
32
5.5 in
0.44
e
Grace warbler
33
4.5 in
0.36
e
Black-throated gray warbler
34
4.5 in
0.36
e
American yellow warbler
35
0.56 oz
0.56
Barred warbler
36
22 to 36 g 15.5 to 17 cm
1.02
Magnolia warbler
37
0.23 to 0.44 oz 4.3 to 5.1 in
0.33
Lucy warbler
38
6.5 g 4.2 in
0.23
Black-throated green warbler
39
0.32 oz
0.32
Townsend warbler
40
0.31 oz
0.31
Giant nuthatch
41
1.3 to 1.7 oz
1.50
Pigmy nuthatch
42
0.35 oz
0.35
White-breasted nuthatch
43
0.63 to 1.06 oz
0.85
Bokmakierie shrike
44
68 g
2.40
Masked shrike
45
0.71 to 0.81 oz
0.76
Tiger shrike
46
m 27 to 29 g f 29 to 37 g
1.08
Yellow hammer
47
0.71 to 1.29 oz
1.00
Rufous-crowned sparrow
48
0.67 oz ave. 5.25 in
0.67
Cassin's sparrow
49
5 to 6 in
0.49
e
Harris's sparrow
50
26 to 49 g
1.32
House sparrow
51
0.85 to 1.39 oz 6.3 in
1.12
Olive sparrow
52
5.1 to 5.5 in
1.16
e
Abert's towhee
53
m 1.66 oz f 1.58 oz
1.62
Canyon towhee
54
1.9 oz
1.90
California towhee
55
m 1.90 oz ave. f 1.83 oz ave.
1.87
California towhee
56
9.5 in
Oregon towhee
57
8 in
1.60
e
Thick-billed fox sparrow
58
7.25 in
1.45
e
Shumagin sparrow
59
6.5 in
1.30
e
Lincoln sparrow
60
5.5 in
1.10
e
Worthen sparrow
61
5 in
1.00
e
Brewer sparrow
62
5 in
1.00
e
Black-headed grosbeak
63
7.5 in
3.08
e
Western Blue grosbeak
64
7 in
2.87
e
Evening grosbeak
65
3.04 oz
3.04
Evening grosbeak
66
6.3 to 8.7 in
Lesser goldfinch
67
0.28 oz
0.28
Abbott's starling
68
1.2 oz
1.20
Common starling
69
2.0 to 3.6 oz 7.5 to 9.1 in
2.80
Black-winged starling
70
9.1 in
3.09
e
Cape starling
71
3.5 oz 10 in
3.50
Hildebrandt's starling
72
1.8 to 2.4 oz
2.10
Blue-gray tanager
73
1.1 to 1.4 oz
1.25
Red winged blackbird
74
f 1.46 oz m 2.3 oz
1.88
Common blackbird
75
2.8 to 4.4 oz
3.60
American robin
76
around 2.7 oz ave. 9.1 to 11.0 in
2.70
Clay-colored thrush
77
2.6 to 2.7 oz ave. 9.1 to 10.6 in
2.65
Baltimore oriole
78
1.19 oz 6.7 to 8.7 in
1.19
Scott oriole
79
8 in
1.20
e
Sennett oriole
80
7.5 in
1.13
e
Arizona hooded oriole
81
7.5 in
1.13
e
Bullock oriole
82
7.5 in
1.13
e
Orchard oriole
83
0.71 oz 16 cm
0.71
Desert cardinal
84
0.8 to 1.5 oz
1.15
Northern cardinal
85
1.58 oz ave.
1.58
Bali mynah
86
2.9 to 3.5 oz
3.20
Blue waxbill
87
8 to 13 g
0.37
Common waxbill
88
7 to 19 g
0.46
Black-capped vireo
89
4.5 in
0.40
e
Red-eyed vireo
90
5.1 to 5.5 in
0.47
e
Warbling vireo
91
0.42 oz 4.7 in
0.42
Tyrannine woodcreeper
92
40 to 64 g
1.84
Sickle-billed vanga
93
3.7 to 4.2 oz
3.95
Hooded pitta
94
42 to 70 g 16 to 19 cm
1.98
Whiskered pitta
95
116 g 21 cm
4.09
Rifleman
96
m 6 g f 7 g 8 cm around
0.23
Paradisaeidae (family
97
41
6.11
501
Curl-crested manucode
98
to 450 g approx. 43 cm
11.91
Wilson's bird of paradise
99
1.8 to 2.2 oz to 6.3 in
2.00
Black-billed Sicklebill
100
125 g 35 cm
4.41
Nectariniidae (family)
101
132
0.71
188
Black-bellied sunbird
102
5 g ave. around
0.18
Brown-throated sunbird
103
0.26 to 0.48 oz
0.37
Spectacled spiderhunter
104
45 g
1.59
Corvidae (family)
105
37
4.07
301
Gray jay
106
70 g
2.47
Western scrub jay
107
2.8 oz
2.80
Blue jay
108
2.5 to 3.5 oz
3.00
Mexican jay
109
approx. 120 g
4.24
Alpine chough
110
6.7 to 9.0 oz
7.85
Psarocolius
111
9
10.47
188
Crested oropendola
112
m 300 g f 180 g
8.47
Olive oropendola
113
m 1.2 lb f 9.2 oz
14.20
Chestnut-headed oropendola
114
m 7.9 oz f 4.4 oz
6.15
Montezuma oropendola
115
m 18 oz f 8.1 oz
13.05
Alaudidae (Larks)
116
96
0.5 to 2.6 oz 4.7 to 9.4 in
1.55
1.55
298
Tityridae (family)
117
33
1.92
127
Masked tityra
118
3.1 oz 8.5 in
3.10
Buff-throated purpletuff
119
0.35 oz 3.7 in
0.35
Black-tailed tityra
120
2.1 to 2.5 oz 7.9 to 8.7 in
2.30
Tyrannidae (Tyrant flycatchers)
121
400
species about, 4 to 5 g 6.5 to 7 cm
0.16
0.16
127
Bali starling
122
1
0.85 kg
30.01
30.01
60
Corvus species
123
45
20.97
1888
American crow
124
11.1 to 21.9 oz
16.45
Pied crow
125
520 g 46 to 52 cm
18.36
White-necked raven
126
762 to 865 g
28.72
Common raven
127
2.6 lb
41.60
Torresian crow
128
48 to 53 cm
18.69
e
Little crow
129
35 to 45 cm
14.80
e
Cape crow
130
48 to 50 cm
18.13
e
Northwestern crow
131
33 to 41 cm
13.69
e
Hooded crow
132
19 to 20 in
18.33
e
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27 Ibid, 207
28 Ibid, 208
29 Ibid, 208
30 Ibid, 208
31 Ibid, 210
32 Ibid, 210
33 Ibid, 211
34 Ibid, 212
57 Ibid, 191
58 Ibid, 190
59 Ibid, 190
60 Ibid, 190
61 Ibid, 182
62 Ibid, 182
63 Ibid, 194
64 Ibid, 194
80 Ibid, 164
81 Ibid, 164
82 Ibid, 165