Bone mass as a fraction of the total body mass in flying birds
| Range | ~6% for smallest birds to ~8% for heaviest flying birds % |
|---|---|
| Organism | Birds |
| Reference | Brian Cotterell, Fracture and Life, Imperial College Press, 2010 p.77 top paragraph |
| Primary Source | Prange et al., 1979 |
| Comments | "Surprisingly the bone mass as a percentage of total mass for birds is not that different to mammals of the same weight, with the fraction varying from about 6% for the smallest birds to about 8% for the heaviest flying birds." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 108638 |