Comprehensive morphological dataset for bird species, including taxonomic information from BirdLife International and detailed morphological measurements.
AVONETA data frame with 11,009 rows and 14 columns, where each row represents a bird species:
Species scientific name
Genus name
Family name, according to BirdLife International taxonomy
Length from beak tip to skull base, in millimeters
Length from nostril anterior edge to beak tip, in millimeters
Beak width at the anterior edge of nostrils, in millimeters
Beak depth at the anterior edge of nostrils, in millimeters
Tarsus length from posterior notch between tibia and tarsus to the last scale end, in millimeters
Length from carpal joint to longest primary feather tip, in millimeters
Length from first secondary feather tip to longest primary feather tip, in millimeters
Length from carpal joint to first secondary feather tip, in millimeters
100*DK/Lw, where DK is Kipp's distance and Lw is wing length
Distance from longest rectrix tip to point where central rectrices protrude from skin, in millimeters
Species average body mass, including both male and female, in grams
This dataset provides comprehensive morphological measurements of birds, including beak, wing, tarsus, and body weight indicators. Data originates from a comprehensive study of bird morphological, ecological, and geographical characteristics.
Tobias, J. A., Sheard, C., Pigot, A. L., Devenish, A. J. M., Yang, J., Sayol, F., Neate-Clegg, M. H. C., Alioravainen, N., Weeks, T. L., Barber, R. A., Walkden, P. A., MacGregor, H. E. A., Jones, S. E. I., Vincent, C., Phillips, A. G., Marples, N. M., Montaño-Centellas, F. A., Leandro-Silva, V., Claramunt, S., Darski, B., et al. (2022). AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters, 25(3), 581-597. tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1111/ele.13898")