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. 2010 May 4;8(5):e1000362. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000362

Table 1. Estimates of x (proportion of body mass used for fuel consumption, see Box 1) for different species of migratory birds and a marine migrant (the eel, Anguilla anguilla).

Species m 0 (kg) Distance (km) X (% m h−1) Source
Blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata 0.011 1300 0.56 [36]
Thrush nightingalea Luscinia luscinia 0.025 - 1.0 [37]
Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica 0.166 11 000 0.42 [6]
Greater knot Calidris tenuirostris 0.143 5 400 0.52 [38]
Red knot Calidis canutus 0.126 4 800 0.77 [32]
Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres 0.115 3 700 0.48 [8]
Ruby-throated hummingbird Archilochus colubris 0.0044 1 100 2 [3]
Eel Anguilla anguilla 0.734 5 500 0.0053 [34]
a

based on wind tunnel study.