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University of Utah

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Variation in seven example traits provided in BIRDBASE. Bars indicate the number of species within categories or subsets of each trait: (A) average body mass, (B) primary habitat, (C) primary diet, (D) nest type, (E) maximum clutch size, (F) elevational range, and (G) movement strategy. Example species (from left to right, top to bottom) include: Bee Hummingbird, Common Ostrich, Keel-billed Toucan, Cream-coloured Courser, Rainbow Bee-eater, Bearded Vulture, Chinese Blackbird, Malleefowl, Adelie Penguin, Northern Bobwhite, Horned Lark, and Snowy Albatross.

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Çağan Şekercioğlu, University of Utah

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