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Vollstaedt, Maximilian; Schleuning, Matthias; Böhning-Gaese, Katrin (2018): Morphometric traits of birds on Kilimanjaro [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.896213, In supplement to: Vollstaedt, Maximilian; Ferger, Stefan W; Hemp, Andreas; Howell, Kim M; Töpfer, T; Böhning-Gaese, Katrin; Schleuning, Matthias (2017): Direct and indirect effects of climate, human disturbance and plant traits on avian functional diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26(8), 963-972, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12606

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Published: 2018-11-22DOI registered: 2020-07-02

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Abstract:
This dataset includes morphological trait measurements of all bird species recorded on the study sites of Mt. Kilimanjaro. We measured traits related to the size of birds, as well as their foraging strategies. For instance, the size and shape of a bird's bill determine the type of resources a species may successfully exploit. The data was collected on museum specimens of 4 individuals for each species. Data on body mass was additionally compiled from literature.
Further details:
Eck, Siegfried; Fiebig, Jürgen; Fiedler, Wolfgang; Woog, Friederike; Heynen, I; Nicolai, B; Töpfer, T (2011): Measuring Birds – Vögel Vermessen. Publisher: Christ Media Natur; Wilhelmshaven: Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft, Measuring_Birds.pdf
Hemp, Andreas: Detailed position of KiLi research plots [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.894721
Project(s):
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 107847609: Kilimanjaro Research Group
Comment:
The data on Bird Morphology was collected from museum speciemens. Several measurers created a large database from specimens in several museums in Europe.
Size:
2212 data points

Data

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Sample ID

Species

Wing l [mm]

Kipps dis [mm]

Kipps index

Bill l [mm]

Bill w [mm]

Bill h [mm]

Tarsus l [mm]
10 
Tarsus diam saggital [mm]
11 
Tarsus diam lateral [mm]
12 
Tail l [mm]
13 
Tail grad [mm]
14 
Mass [g]
Cof1Amadina.fasciata65.3817.380.2711.158.488.0413.602.071.3940.136.0018.00
Cof1Anaplectes.rubriceps83.3816.250.1917.648.848.3518.752.621.5152.88-1.8822.57
Cof1Andropadus.importunus85.639.250.1119.598.775.6221.272.441.4882.00-4.8827.40
Cof1Anthreptes.orientalis66.6411.290.1718.856.655.1618.421.881.2452.290.0010.30
Cof1Anthus.cinnamomeus81.7522.880.2818.727.924.6925.582.141.4758.131.0024.07
Cof1Anthus.similis92.8320.500.2222.488.684.6725.522.401.3474.00-2.5025.30
Cof1Apalis.flavida49.504.380.0914.715.603.1719.121.690.9851.757.258.19
Cof1Apalis.melanocephala48.755.750.1214.815.842.9117.061.641.0159.009.008.80
Cof1Apalis.thoracica51.635.630.1115.936.613.2020.461.881.1749.0017.2511.08
Cof1Apaloderma.vittatum121.5046.500.3820.7216.618.4814.232.061.54153.0056.2555.00
Cof1Aplopelia.larvata146.8842.880.2922.427.315.9523.843.872.5098.50-7.38155.00
Cof1Arizelocichla.nigriceps93.6312.880.1419.889.586.1422.622.691.5986.75-7.8832.80
Cof1Arizelocichla.striifacies98.6315.380.1623.1110.115.9723.602.941.8691.38-9.0037.38
Cof1Batis.mixta60.007.750.1316.497.754.2618.611.580.9937.002.2512.20
Cof1Batis.molitor59.258.630.1515.447.374.4518.481.471.0346.003.3811.64
Cof1Bradornis.microrhynchus84.0014.130.1716.778.894.6220.502.261.6864.131.5019.48
Cof1Bradypterus.cinnamomeus64.006.250.1016.117.414.1123.492.161.3768.6734.0017.39
Cof1Bradypterus.mariae61.507.630.1217.427.714.1622.832.221.4161.5028.5019.15
Cof1Bubalornis.niger116.6323.250.2024.5913.2912.0329.663.762.3595.887.0076.40
Cof1Bubo.africanus302.5095.630.3236.7232.7721.0258.787.266.60176.7511.00685.00
Cof1Buteo.oreophilus340.00122.000.3637.0328.7019.2571.577.935.83173.507.17699.99
Cof1Bycanistes.brevis347.7583.380.24127.4641.7583.5042.1910.009.27263.75-43.171232.84
Cof1Calamonastes.simplex59.254.250.0717.377.103.8720.732.231.3753.7514.5012.01
Cof1Camaroptera.brachyura55.505.630.1017.347.383.4321.651.861.4740.255.009.30
Cof1Camaroptera.brevicaudata55.505.630.1017.347.383.4321.651.861.4740.255.009.74
Cof1Campethera.nubica107.3818.630.1728.1410.387.7020.232.872.0962.887.1759.70
Cof1Chalcomitra.amethystina61.759.500.1523.445.854.3014.051.651.1539.131.0013.66
Cof1Chalcomitra.hunteri67.637.880.1226.856.084.6016.591.861.2043.881.7511.80
Cof1Chalcomitra.senegalensis73.0012.380.1728.666.224.8916.961.931.2148.252.6312.24
Cof1Chlorophoneus.nigrifrons89.0011.750.1321.3510.926.7424.512.661.7687.3813.5034.80
Cof1Chlorophoneus.sulfureopectus87.2512.880.1519.0310.426.3625.702.621.7386.758.0027.10
Cof1Chrysococcyx.klaas97.1333.000.3419.8210.246.2415.861.971.7970.2510.1327.37
Cof1Cichladusa.guttata84.009.050.1119.488.655.3526.152.341.5780.0013.1323.11
Cof1Cinnyricinclus.leucogaster105.0033.000.3120.9311.576.0620.252.581.5456.503.8844.00
Cof1Cinnyris.mariquensis63.3811.750.1922.456.074.0716.061.671.2151.385.5012.30
Cof1Cinnyris.mediocris53.759.000.1718.544.383.4814.941.391.0537.88-2.758.19
Cof1Cinnyris.pulchellus56.4310.000.1817.555.553.6915.041.521.0159.36-0.647.03
Cof1Cinnyris.nectarinoides55.5010.000.1817.335.233.2214.401.571.2359.0023.504.80
Cof1Cinnyris.venustus50.507.000.1418.275.083.1814.351.460.9535.75-1.756.56
Cof1Cisticola.galactotes57.257.250.1316.026.803.9921.082.101.2453.0019.0016.20
Cof1Cisticola.hunteri59.576.030.1015.056.554.7223.732.151.2966.3013.9515.48
Cof1Coccopygia.quartinia45.388.130.188.725.625.1612.921.600.9835.386.886.70
Cof1Colius.striatus94.8821.130.2215.1110.439.1323.103.222.31208.13-197.1351.10
Cof1Columba.arquatrix225.3883.750.3727.599.028.0627.295.294.61133.13-4.88400.00
Cof1Columba.delegorguei174.6361.250.3521.898.665.6820.523.753.38112.00-11.13133.00
Cof1Corvus.albicollis391.63146.150.3758.7827.6029.4173.5210.365.94170.8518.50894.00
Cof1Cossypha.caffra80.2511.130.1420.107.685.0527.782.101.3473.00-8.0028.50
Cof1Cossypha.semirufa88.509.000.1020.8410.255.5931.222.651.6180.0011.5027.30
Cof1Coturnix.coturnix110.2546.500.4216.089.468.2024.153.682.5337.759.0090.00
Cof1Criniferoides.leucogaster223.0033.130.1530.8719.7613.8841.586.314.48266.00-16.50216.16
Cof1Crithagra.hyposticta66.5014.000.2112.526.217.3214.431.801.1748.380.1313.00
Cof1Crithagra.mozambica67.7515.250.2310.657.346.2112.901.781.2342.50-0.5011.87
Cof1Crithagra.reichenowi68.2517.630.2610.986.366.0512.181.711.1343.25-2.8815.37
Cof1Crithagra.striolata67.5010.380.1512.727.718.6120.322.241.4358.382.6322.40
Cof1Cryptospiza.salvadorii55.888.250.1511.206.706.4917.251.900.9541.133.3812.20
Cof1Cyanomitra.olivacea56.1310.130.1823.986.533.6315.331.380.9445.00-7.009.65
Cof1Dendroperdix.sephaena139.1329.880.2124.3112.979.8238.716.054.3381.679.00340.47
Cof1Dicrurus.adsimilis119.3828.880.2424.1212.757.7519.182.801.60103.13-16.3840.30
Cof1Euplectes.capensis65.509.380.1413.268.989.2920.681.971.2347.134.1330.51
Cof1Eurocephalus.rueppelli.129.7530.750.2423.4013.989.7524.103.502.3899.507.5050.60
Cof1Fringillaria.flaviventris82.8817.750.2113.548.135.7015.852.211.1868.130.3818.24
Cof1Fringillaria.poliopleura76.0012.250.1611.926.796.3015.332.321.3368.502.5015.80
Cof1Fringillaria.tahapisi75.6315.250.2010.926.985.6315.791.851.0860.25-1.7512.98
Cof1Geokichla.piaggiae104.1320.750.2025.9111.477.5832.962.751.6379.00-5.8851.10
Cof1Gymnoris.pyrgita90.1321.130.2314.097.117.7418.462.211.3660.002.7524.10
Cof1Hedydipna.collaris48.106.100.1315.745.363.5613.651.361.0030.90-2.386.98
Cof1Hippolais.languida74.1318.630.2518.667.643.8921.601.821.1060.006.2512.00
Cof1Hirundo.rustica121.8861.500.5014.3311.583.6810.701.500.93100.25-54.7517.91
Cof1Iduna.similis60.387.000.1216.047.203.6621.961.751.1157.256.6711.10
Cof1Indicator.indicator109.5029.000.2621.7611.156.9216.762.342.1471.1722.1750.40
Cof1Irania.guttularis93.0022.000.2420.539.574.7524.712.241.2371.50-14.2521.60
Cof1Lagonosticta.rhodopareia47.134.000.0810.946.125.9912.051.701.0442.5010.509.30
Cof1Lagonosticta.senegala48.387.380.159.245.695.3611.901.640.9137.252.139.21
Cof1Lamprotornis.chalybaeus137.4234.080.2525.0610.277.7831.243.802.1587.75-6.5086.17
Cof1Lamprotornis.superbus122.2533.880.2824.8511.437.0632.303.812.3966.885.6364.90
Cof1Lanius.collaris92.2518.000.2021.4013.658.3824.732.831.75122.2562.7541.80
Cof1Linurgus.olivaceus72.6714.000.1914.548.928.7116.242.191.3550.670.0020.30
Cof1Lophaetus.occipitalis376.88116.250.3154.5741.0320.7995.429.498.88206.0010.501067.00
Cof1Lybius.leucocephalus95.2016.710.1829.8316.1114.7424.203.082.2954.4913.2963.80
Cof1Melaenornis.fischeri87.6311.750.1318.449.605.1822.852.141.2774.007.2523.40
Cof1Merops.pusillus80.7525.000.3130.479.685.458.551.491.5566.38-4.1315.10
Cof1Mesopicos.griseocephalus103.2522.500.2227.1710.097.2217.082.321.7964.8819.8840.89
Cof1Mirafra.rufocinnamomea76.7510.000.1317.4310.006.9324.002.361.3952.502.1326.29
Cof1Monticola.saxatilis118.5040.000.3427.6711.615.9927.112.961.7259.500.0050.30
Cof1Motacilla.clara79.0020.250.2617.567.593.9019.782.141.3693.50-2.8317.90
Cof1Muscicapa.adusta63.0011.670.1914.758.273.5114.141.591.0650.672.0010.40
Cof1Nectarinia.johnstoni77.2515.130.2032.456.534.1517.371.631.15102.885.5016.30
Cof1Nectarinia.kilimensis71.2515.000.2126.406.315.0918.131.851.3685.63-37.0015.66
Cof1Nectarinia.tacazze78.1312.500.1629.886.874.8318.601.811.1986.25-30.7514.87
Cof1Nigrita.canicapillus67.2513.250.2013.237.366.5116.172.031.2445.25-7.3818.70
Cof1Notophila.corrusca107.2524.690.2322.8911.386.9325.172.992.0274.635.0059.50
Cof1Oenanthe.oenanthe92.7531.380.3417.507.524.8226.132.041.1754.00-2.7525.39
Cof1Oenanthe.pleschanka93.5027.630.3016.807.374.7123.571.860.9259.630.2519.36
Cof1Onychognathus.morio159.6740.170.2535.2616.2211.8432.654.812.87148.83-41.00132.90
Cof1Onychognathus.walleri131.1338.380.2927.5214.8510.6925.893.412.1589.63-11.6393.00
Cof1Passer.griseus80.7517.250.2114.597.558.0318.662.551.5458.002.2527.82
Cof1Pholia.sharpii101.5028.380.2820.3010.826.0220.362.701.4960.502.1341.00
Cof1Phyllastrephus.cabanisi82.0010.750.1321.649.685.3321.742.611.7882.0011.1334.40
Cof1Phyllastrephus.strepitans81.887.250.0920.317.385.2721.902.481.6782.75-12.6327.10
Cof1Phylloscopus.trochilus65.7516.750.2513.575.462.9218.441.471.0853.501.008.70
Cof1Ploceus.baglafecht80.2512.880.1620.7110.139.5524.402.811.8157.750.0031.60
Cof1Ploceus.intermedius70.8814.630.2116.828.277.9722.352.201.4147.50-0.5020.58
Cof1Ploceus.rubiginosus79.8816.500.2116.478.7611.2422.372.671.6849.63-1.0029.99
Cof1Ploceus.nigricollis75.1311.440.1518.189.688.8021.192.401.6554.944.0027.10
Cof1Ploceus.ocularis73.0010.290.1419.528.468.3521.062.651.5158.145.5725.20
Cof1Ploceus.vittelinus69.7513.750.2015.748.848.1018.882.331.3252.134.0020.00
Cof1Poeoptera.femoralis97.0024.000.2519.0510.785.8322.372.881.4763.501.0045.87
Cof1Poeoptera.kenricki104.1330.130.2919.6610.816.3519.582.871.5882.13-16.2546.37
Cof1Pogoniulus.leucomystax55.138.630.1613.447.784.8513.931.271.0328.50-1.2511.80
Cof1Pogoniulus.pusillus54.636.000.1114.817.094.8313.841.411.1229.75-1.139.60
Cof1Pogonocichla.stellata78.4012.700.1617.827.895.2025.501.771.2859.20-4.8018.60
Cof1Pogonornis.melanopterus91.6311.130.1225.8714.9313.0120.852.281.8462.50-4.8852.40
Cof1Poicephalus.gulielmi207.5081.880.3923.7718.2833.4317.543.755.7392.38-3.75274.59
Cof1Poicephalus.rufiventris154.3855.500.3618.3414.2525.1316.623.564.3576.500.25120.00
Cof1Prinia.subflava49.885.330.1114.356.113.6518.641.831.0956.0026.008.64
Cof1Prionops.plumatus106.8818.130.1723.5810.806.9322.582.251.4585.759.5033.78
Cof1Psalidoprocne.holomelas112.2553.130.4711.338.352.268.781.320.9284.50-39.3810.30
Cof1Pternistis.squamatus173.3328.330.1728.7114.0813.2642.107.765.7184.507.75449.45
Cof1Ptyonoprogne.fuligula114.5058.500.5114.109.703.3011.801.501.0050.006.5021.10
Cof1Pycnonotus.barbatus96.7515.880.1620.409.066.5221.912.701.5884.13-1.2532.10
Cof1Quelea.quelea65.8815.380.2313.549.139.7418.012.341.4737.883.3818.60
Cof1Seicercus.umbrovirens61.509.000.1514.575.953.3520.481.500.9850.754.258.60
Cof1Serinus.flavivertex75.0022.880.3111.407.036.7614.481.711.0552.88-7.6314.00
Cof1Spermestes.cucullata47.5010.250.2210.026.916.8911.531.571.1329.137.008.99
Cof1Spermestes.bicolor48.8110.560.229.556.457.8912.511.671.0931.5712.069.90
Cof1Stactolaema.leucotis90.8818.130.2026.4013.5910.2920.662.331.8952.25-2.8854.90
Cof1Streptopelia.capicola152.6348.750.3222.989.265.3921.724.102.83102.252.50142.00
Cof1Streptopelia.lugens175.7562.000.3522.618.775.7922.793.953.27120.1311.63155.00
Cof1Streptopelia.semitorquata171.7560.250.3524.637.668.5022.514.223.18121.003.50176.00
Cof1Streptopelia.senegalensis134.1345.380.3419.697.084.5218.953.752.93111.8818.7582.13
Cof1Strix.woodfordii258.6375.630.2931.6723.2418.4839.265.165.73152.2513.63350.00
Cof1Sylvia.abyssinica67.887.250.1118.049.614.3022.222.191.4060.006.6718.80
Cof1Sylvia.atricapilla77.3821.380.2816.307.214.0920.512.111.1461.75-2.2516.70
Cof1Sylvia.borin78.8624.240.3115.887.544.4319.902.051.1856.300.0518.20
Cof1Sylvia.communis74.5018.880.2514.436.964.2221.372.021.1363.74-2.7815.10
Cof1Sylvietta.whytii58.757.500.1315.756.793.7117.961.721.1023.001.139.90
Cof1Tauraco.hartlaubi170.758.630.0525.0813.1213.1937.875.173.77181.13-20.00224.00
Cof1Tchagra.australis73.007.130.1021.2211.037.4124.873.001.8479.1317.5032.30
Cof1Tchagra.senegalus87.759.880.1125.2313.908.7329.603.482.2296.2519.1353.50
Cof1Terpsiphone.viridis80.0015.250.1919.389.645.6815.191.771.04147.2597.8313.23
Cof1Tockus.alboterminatus229.9343.860.1981.7524.8832.2429.465.694.23201.57-7.50223.65
Cof1Tockus.deckeni176.2530.250.1771.0223.3727.2138.955.794.00207.2533.25167.72
Cof1Tockus.erythrorhynchus174.7532.250.1877.3021.1324.0838.076.354.08187.7518.50138.56
Cof1Tockus.nasutus227.5050.000.2294.5726.8530.1039.936.694.93200.639.00179.56
Cof1Trachyphonus.erythrocephalus96.6911.060.1133.9413.9110.0627.443.452.0085.75-2.2963.50
Cof1Treron.calvus167.8863.750.3821.2110.157.9124.554.724.4595.88-4.25197.53
Cof1Tricholaema.lacrymosa70.0010.000.1420.4310.749.7917.631.891.4839.75-1.0022.90
Cof1Trochocercus.cyanomelas67.839.500.1416.139.174.0016.681.681.0873.5013.5010.20
Cof1Turdoides.jardineii96.139.750.1025.5711.208.3828.783.852.2894.8817.5078.20
Cof1Turdoides.rubiginosus85.676.670.0821.5910.267.0127.143.422.11101.005.5240.60
Cof1Turdus.olivaceus119.8624.780.2128.8711.918.2632.353.391.9890.34-2.5078.10
Cof1Turtur.chalcospilos108.6330.380.2816.937.124.0118.763.212.2774.889.3860.60
Cof1Turtur.tympanistria114.0027.500.2418.086.266.3618.113.062.1888.13-15.5070.58
Cof1Uraeginthus.bengalus54.139.000.1711.136.955.9713.401.681.2054.6316.679.90
Cof1Urocolius.macrourus89.7526.000.2915.6411.008.4318.392.531.94216.3420.4545.50
Cof1Vidua.chalybeata65.0013.500.2110.186.806.7412.431.811.1938.881.0012.50
Cof1Zosterops.abyssinicus52.6710.670.2012.015.244.0114.931.521.0036.001.009.43
Cof1Zosterops.eurycricotus59.0010.400.1814.236.263.5216.961.631.0343.801.0011.00