Table 1.

Reference genomes and biological traits

	Latin name	Common name	Abbreviation	Height (cm)	Body weight (kg)	Metabolic rate (W/kg)	Lifespan (y)
							Wild	Captivity
1	Phoenicopterus ruber ruber	American flamingoc	PHORU	120–145	2.8	15.254d	-	-
2	Calypte anna	Anna’s hummingbirdb	CALAN	10–11	0.004	-	8.5	-
3	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Bald eagleb	HALEU	70–102	5.6 (female) 4.1 (male)	-	-	-
4	Melopsittacus undulatus	Budgerigar (parakeet)b	MELUN	18	0.03–0.04	9.8e	-	21.0
5	Cuculus canorus	Common cuckoob	CUCCA	32–34	0.11–0.13	0.838d	12.9	-
6	Struthio camelus australis	Common ostrichb	STRCA	170–280	63–145	6.305d	-	70.0
7	Picoides pubescens	Downy woodpeckerb	PICPU	14–17	0.02–0.03	0.383d	11.9	-
8	Aptenodytes forsteri	Emperor penguinb	LEPDI	110–130	23	42.871d	-	23.4
9	Balearica regulorum gibbericeps	Grey-crowned cranec	BALRE	100	3.5	-	-	27.2
10	Ophisthocomus hoazin	Hoatzinb	OPHHO	65	0.8	-	-	-
11	Charadrius vociferus	Killdeerb	CHAVO	23–27	0.09	0.416d	10.9	-
12	Egretta garzetta	Little egretb	EGRGA	55–65	0.35–0.55	-	22.34	-
13	Anas platyrhynchos domestica	Peking duckb	ANAPL	50–76	1.6–2.3	4.068d	23.4	-
14	Falco peregrinus	Peregrine falconb	FALPE	34–58	0.33–1.5	-	-	-
15	Gallus gallus	Chickena	GALGA	30–45	1–3	6.005d	-	30.0
16	Columba livia	Rock pigeonb	COLLI	32–37	0.36	1.714d	-	-
17	Phaethon lepturus	White-tailed tropicbirdc	PHALE	71–80	0.33	-	-	-
18	Tinamus guttatus	White-throated tinamoub	THGUT	32–36	-	-	-	-
19	Grus japonensis	Red-crowned crane	GRJAP	150–158	8.9	-	30.0	65.0

-, data not available.

^aSanger,

^bhigh-coverage genomes,

^clow-coverage genomes.

Basal metabolic rate values were obtained from the literature

^dMcKechnie and Wolf (2004),

^eJi and DeWoody (2017).