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The phylogeny of 94 species of captive raised birds. The ordinal arrangements follow Hackett et al. (2008), whereas all other topologies follow Sibley and Ahlquist (1990). The branch lengths follow Nee (Garland et al., 1992).

Electronic appendix 2. Body mass and basal metabolic rate data obtained from this study and the literature
Species / Body mass (g) / BMR (W) / Reference
Agapornis fischeri / 49.6 / 0.557 / Burton et al. (2008)
Agapornis nigrigenis / 41.4 / 0.513 / Burton et al (2008)
Agapornis personatus / 46.8 / 0.506 / Burton et al (2008)
Agapornis roseicollis / 53.5 / 0.547 / Burton et al (2008)
Amazona viridigenalis / 337.8 / 1.470 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Barnardius zonarius / 137.0 / 0.718 / Williams et al. (1991)
Cacatua alba / 502.9 / 2.169 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Cacatua galerita / 776.1 / 3.419 / Williams et al. (1991)
Cacatua roseicapilla / 271.0 / 1.406 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Cacatua surphurea / 330.8 / 1.322 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Cacatua tenuirostris / 549.9 / 3.168 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Calyptorhynchus baudinii / 597.0 / 2.698 / Cooper et al. (2002)
Calyptorhynchus latirostris / 665.0 / 3.190 / Cooper et al. (2002)
Calyptorhynchus magnificus / 535.3 / 2.967 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Coracopsis vasa (winter) / 465.0 / 2.905 / This study
Coracopsis vasa (summer) / 454.0 / 4.372 / This study
Cyanoramphus auriceps / 52.9 / 0.493 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae / 56.1 / 0.529 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Cyanoramphus unicolor / 129.4 / 1.083 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Electus roratus / 449.3 / 1.697 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Eolophus roseicapillus / 268.7 / 1.248 / Williams et al. (1991)
Melopsittacus undulatus / 25.2 / 0.298 / Kendeigh et al. (1977)
Myiopsitta monachus / 83.1 / 0.696 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Neophema elegans / 42.1 / 0.618 / Burton et al (2008)
Neophema petrophila / 48.4 / 0.634 / Williams et al. (1991)
Neophema pulchella / 41.9 / 0.578 / Burton et al (2008)
Neophema splendida / 40.9 / 0.515 / Burton et al (2008)
Neosephotus bourkii / 42.8 / 0.489 / Burton et al (2008)
Nestor meridionalis / 369.3 / 2.142 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Nestor notabilis / 836.9 / 4.444 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Nymphicus hollandicus / 82.5 / 0.585 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Psitticus erithicus / 532.9 / 2.306 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)
Trichoglossus haematodus / 137.1 / 1.194 / McNab & Salisbury (1995)

Legend for Appendix 3.

The working phylogeny of parrots; families (Wright et al., 2008), Agapornis(Racheli, 1999), Cacatua(Brown and Toft, 1999) and Cyanoramphus (Chambers et al., 2001). Branch lengths are arbitrary (Pagel, 1992).

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