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Body temperature

Range	39-44 °C
Organism	Birds
Reference	Amazing numbers in biology, Rainer Flindt, Springer 2006, pp. 55
Method	mean values of rectal readings.
Comments	The range shows the different values of various birds not variation for one bird. The lowest (39) is for the Rufous hummingbird and the highest (44) for the Common swift.
Entered by	Ron Milo - Admin
ID	100924