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Table.1 Descriptive statistics of body traits measured on free-living Feral Pigeons (Columba livia) in northeastern Algeria

From: Does melanin-based plumage coloration reflect health status of free-living birds in urban environments?

 

Descriptive statistics

Morphological traits

Mean

SD

IQR

Min.

Median

Max.

Skewness

Body weight (g)

294.16

27.07

40.25

207.9

306.6

326.7

– 1.25

Folded wing (cm)

22.24

2.14

0.78

13.9

22.6

25.7

– 2.74

Stretched wing (cm)

26.47

2.53

1.15

16.9

27.1

28.9

– 2.49

Length of culmen (cm)

1.38

0.15

0.20

1.1

1.4

1.6

– 0.14

Bill height (cm)

1.05

0.20

0.28

0.7

1.0

1.6

0.67

Bill breadth (cm)

1.20

0.10

0.20

1.0

1.2

1.4

0.07

Total length (cm)

31.33

1.74

2.30

27.3

31.6

34.2

– 0.34

Bill length (cm)

2.22

0.16

0.20

1.9

2.2

2.6

0.34

Length of toes (cm)

1.12

0.12

0.10

0.9

1.1

1.3

– 0.28

Tail length (cm)

13.17

0.79

1.00

11.7

13.2

14.7

0.06

Length of tarsometatarsus (cm)

2.74

0.34

0.38

2.1

2.80

3.5

0.21

Length of the 5th primary feather (cm)

15.22

1.08

1.23

13.2

15.4

17.1

– 0.38

  1. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range
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