Table 1. Mean and standard deviation of claw sizes (outer arc lengths) of D-I, II, and III relative to D-IV, and D-II relative to D-III.
D-I/D-IV | D-II/D-IV | D-III/D-IV | D-II/D-III | ||||||
n | mean | σ | mean | σ | mean | σ | mean | σ | |
Accipitridae | 15 | 1.803 | 0.266 | 1.653 | 0.154 | 1.196 | 0.074 | 1.387 | 0.162 |
Falconidae | 4 | 1.273 | 0.120 | 1.127 | 0.083 | 1.105 | 0.012 | 1.019 | 0.070 |
Pandionidae | 1 | 0.951 | - | 0.899 | - | 0.922 | - | 0.975 | - |
Strigiformes | 9 | 1.045 | 0.060 | 1.191 | 0.044 | 1.158 | 0.055 | 1.030 | 0.051 |
Non-raptors | 8 | 1.308 | 0.439 | 1.084 | 0.076 | 1.286 | 0.091 | 0.847 | 0.082 |
perching birds | 6 | 1.455 | 0.398 | 1.081 | 0.086 | 1.294 | 0.089 | 0.840 | 0.094 |
ground birds | 2 | 0.867 | 0.192 | 1.093 | 0.053 | 1.263 | 0.130 | 0.867 | 0.047 |
n = number of individuals, σ = standard deviation. For specimens where both feet were measured, the average of those measurements are used here.