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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
Subtotal for this page only
14898
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1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine
2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-breasted_thrasher
3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_thrasher
4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_thrasher
5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-billed_thrasher
6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_catbird
7https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_catbird
8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed_broadbill
9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bushtit
10https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_chickadee
11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-capped_chickadee
12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antbird
13https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antbird
14 http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/nationalbird/bird.asp?name=Dark-eyed-junco&id=1051
15https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby-crowned_kingle
16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldcrest
17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_dipper
18https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-headed_buffalo_weave
19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wren
20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wren
21https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_mockingbird
22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpoll_warbler
23 http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/nationalbird/bird.asp?name=Canada-warbler&id=1012
24https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_warbler
25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_warbler
26 Reed, Chas., Western Bird Guide (Worcester, MA, Chas. K Reed, 1913), 207
27 Ibid, 207
28 Ibid, 208
29 Ibid, 208
30 Ibid, 208
31 Ibid, 210
32 Ibid, 210
33 Ibid, 211
34 Ibid, 212
35 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_yellow_warbler
36https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barred_warbler
37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_warbler
38 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_warbler
39https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-throated_green_warbler
40 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townsend's_warbler
41 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuthatch
42https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuthatch
43 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-breasted_nuthatch
44 http://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/birds_bokmakierie.htm
45https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masked_shrike
46 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_shrike
47 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowhamme
48https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous-crowned_sparrow
49 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassin's_sparrow
50 http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/nationalbird/bird.asp?name=Harriss-sparrow&id=1050
51https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_sparrow
52 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_sparrow
53 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abert's_towhee
54https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emberizidae
55 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_towhee
56 Reed, Chas., Western Bird Guide (Worcester, MA, Chas. K Reed, 1913), 192
57 Ibid, 191
58 Ibid, 190
59 Ibid, 190
60 Ibid, 190
61 Ibid, 182
62 Ibid, 182
63 Ibid, 194
64 Ibid, 194
65 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finch
66https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening_grosbeak
67 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finch
68 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starling
69 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_starling
70https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-winged_starling
71 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_starling
72 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildebrandt's_starling
73https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-gray_tanager
74 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-winged_blackbird
75 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_blackbird
76https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_robin
77 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay-colored_thrush
78 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_oriole
79 Reed, Chas., Western Bird Guide (Worcester, MA, Chas. K Reed, 1913), 164
80 Ibid, 164
81 Ibid, 164
82 Ibid, 165
83 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchard_oriole
84https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhuloxia
85 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_cardinal
86 http://mnzoo.org/blog/animals/bali-mynah/
87http://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/birds_blue_waxbill.htm
88 http://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/birds_common_waxbill.htm
89 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-capped_vireo
90https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eyed_vireo
91 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warbling_vireo
92 http://www.hbw.com/species/tyrannine-woodcreeper-dendrocincla-tyrannina
93https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle-billed_vanga
94 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_pitta
95 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskered_pitta
96https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifleman_%28bird%29
97 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird-of-paradise
98 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curl-crested_manucode
99http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/wilsons_bird_of_paradise_facts/922/
100 http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/black-billed.sicklebill.html
101https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbird
102 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbird
103 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-throated_sunbird
104https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbird
105 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae
106 http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/nationalbird/bird.asp?name=Gray-jay&id=1026
107https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_scrub_jay
108 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_ja
109 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_jay
110https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_chough
111 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oropendola
112 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_oropendola
113https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_oropendola
114 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut-headed_oropendola
115 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montezuma_oropendola
116https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lark
117 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tityridae
118 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tityridae
119 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tityridae
120https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_tityra
121 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrant_flycatcher
122 http://www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk/animals-gardens/birds/bali-starling/
123https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Corvus_species
124 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crow
125 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_crow
126https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-necked_raven
127 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_raven
128 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torresian_crow
129https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_crow_%28bird%29
130 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_crow
131 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_crow
132https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_crow
Extant Birds