Table 1. List of the species surveyed, sample size and volumes (in mm3) of the brain, telencephalon (Tel), hindbrain (HB), principal sensory trigeminal nucleus (PrV), and nucleus basorostralis (Bas).
Order | Common name | Species | n | Brain | Tel | HB | PrV | Bas |
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Anseriformes | Paradise shelduck | Tadorna variegata | 3 | 4157.38 | 2689.60 | 322.00 | 8.38 | 46.03 |
Charadriiformes | Bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica | 2 | 2417.27 | 1563.49 | 158.37 | 5.18 | 29.96 |
Masked lapwing | Vanellus miles | 3 | 2067.13 | 1185.57 | 137.86 | 1.02 | 10.06 | |
Eurasian woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | 2 | 2325.59 | 1431.58 | 203.82 | 7.84 | 14.80 | |
South Island oystercatcher | Haematopus finschi | 2 | 2917.70 | 1757.44 | 217.16 | 2.81 | 33.29 | |
Black-winged stilt | Himantopus himantopus | 2 | 1678.49 | 998.82 | 107.60 | 1.07 | 9.13 | |
Columbiformes | Rock pigeon | Columba livia | 3 | 1705.66 | 893.05 | 123.58 | 0.46 | 5.02 |
Galliformes | Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | 3 | 4559.48 | 2665.26 | 349.16 | 1.41 | 8.28 |
Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | 3 | 5274.02 | 2914.66 | 417.37 | 1.28 | 10.13 | |
California Quail | Callipepla californic | 1 | 990.37 | 544.18 | 78.45 | 0.32 | 2.44 | |
Passeriformes | Australian magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | 4 | 4664.24 | 3443.98 | 154.95 | 0.45 | 5.39 |
Psittaciformes | Eastern rosella | Platycercus eximius | 4 | 2685.74 | 2032.15 | 104.52 | 2.44 | 9.41 |
Rallidae | Pukeko | Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus | 3 | 4186.05 | 2771.03 | 254.90 | 2.33 | 18.76 |
Struthioniformes | Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | 1 | 21829.88 | 13695.99 | 1417.55 | 3.39 | 107.53 |
Ostrich | Struthio camelus | 1 | 27006.26 | 17984.78 | 1712.31 | 9.84 | 80.10 | |
Apterygiformes | North Island brown kiwi | Apteryx mantelli | 2 | 5298.95 | 4267.72 | 237.13 | 6.98 | 41.32 |
Tinamiformes | Darwin’s nothura | Nothura darwinii | 2 | 1482.37 | 809.09 | 125.99 | 0.37 | 5.27 |
Great tinamous | Tinamus major | 1 | 2242.13 | 1221.88 | 184.05 | 0.93 | 7.47 | |
Red-winged tinamou | Rhynchotus rufescens rufescens | 1 | 3013.88 | 1704.73 | 221.29 | 0.97 | 9.72 |