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. 2009 Nov 25;4(11):e7999. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007999

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.