An Extract From "Rescue and Rehabilitation of Oiled Birds"by Erna Walraven, Taronga Park Zoo 1992 |
Weight Chart - grams |
Species |
Approximate Release Weight |
Source |
Grebes |
N/A N/A N/A |
N/A N/A N/A |
| Penguins Little Penguin Rockhopper Penguin |
900-1100 2700 |
Taronga Zoo Lindsey,1986 |
| Tubenosed
Birds Wandering Albatross Royal Albatross Black-Browed Albatross Grey-Headed Albatross Yellow-Nosed Albatross Shy Albatross Sooty Albatross Southern Giant Petrel Northern Giant Petrel Cape Petrel Black Winged Petrel White Headed Petrel Gould's Petrel Kermandee Petrel Soft Plumaged Petrel Medium Billed Prion Fairy Prion Antarctic Prion White Chinned Petrel Short Tailed Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Flesh Footed Shearwater Futtering Shearwater Hutton's Shearwater Little Shearwater Wedgetailed Shearwater Whitebellied Storm Petrel Blackbellied Storm Petrel Common Diving Petrel |
8200 N/A 3000 3700 2300 3300 2500 3000 3000 340-480 140-170 540 170-200 N/A 280-370 N/A 99-128 N/A N/A 480-620 650-960 600-765 225-425 364 N/A 280-420 N/A N/A N/A |
Lindsey,1986 N/A Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 N/A Lindsey,1986 N/A Lindsey,1986 N/A N/A Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 N/A Lindsey,1986 N/A N/A N/A |
| Pelicans
And Allies Australian Pelican Australian Gannet Red-footed Booby Brown Booby Masked Booby Abbott's Booby Darter Little Pied Cormorant Black Faced Cormorant Pied Cormorant Black Cormorant Little Black Cormorant Greater Frigatebird Lesser Frigatebird Red-tailed Tropic Bird White-tailed Tropic Bird |
8200 2300 860-1000 800-1100 1200-2400 1400 1650 600-1100 550-670 1400 2250 2500 800-1100 1200 (females larger) 625-875 (mean 754, females larger) .736 (females larger) 820 |
Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Taronga Zoo Lindsey,1986 Taronga Zoo Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 Lindsey,1986 |
| Herons
And Allies White Necked Heron Great Billed Heron White Faced Heron Pied Heron Cattle Egret Large Egret Little Egret Plumed Egret Reef Heron Nankeen Night Heron Mangrove Heron Little Bittern Black Bittern Australian Brown Bittern Jabiru Glossy Ibis Straw Necked Ibis Royal Spoonbill Yelow-billed Spoonbill |
N/A N/A 412-705 530-580 250 430-480 1030 N/A 380-480 550-700 690-900 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 557-768 N/A 140-165 N/A |
Pringle,1985 Taronga Zoo Taronga Zoo Taronga Zoo Pringle,1985 Taronga Zoo Pringle,1985 Pringle,1985 Pringle,1985 Taronga Zoo |
| Ducks,
Geese, Swans Pied Goose Water Whistling Duck Grass Whistling Duck Black Swan Freckled Duck Cape Barren Goose Mountain Duck Burdekin Duck Black Duck Grey Teal Chestnut Teal Shoveller Pink Eared Duck White Eyed Duck Wood Duck Green Pygmy Goose White Pygmy Goose Blue Billed Duck Musk Duck |
1838-3195(mean 2766) 741-948(mean 866) 600-930(mean 788) 4600-8750(mean 6270) 747-1130(mean 969) 3700-5100 990-1980(mean 1559) 750-1101(mean 934) 870-1400(mean 1114) 395-690(mean 507) 560 N/A 311-495(mean403) N/A N/A 300-430(mean310) 311-495(mean 403) 610-965(mean 821) 1811-3120(mean 2398, females smaller - 1551 |
Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Taronga Zoo Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 |
| Birds
Of Prey Osprey Brahminy Kite White Breasted Sea Eagle |
N/A N/A N/A |
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| Rails
And Crakes Buff Banded Rail Lewin Water Rail Spotted Crake Red Necked Crake White Browed Crake Marsh Crake Black Tailed Native Hen Dusky Moorhen Purple Swamp Hen Tasmanian Native Hen Eurasian Coot |
N/A N/A N/A 166-215 N/A N/A/ N/A 450-600 920-1200 1300 305-725(mean) |
Pringle, 1985 Taronga Zoo Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 |
| Cranes Brolga Sarus Crane |
6265-8278(mean 6996) 8000 |
Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 |
| Waders Lotus Bird Painted Snipe Beach Stone Curlew Pied Oystercatcher Sooty Oystercatcher Banded Lapwing Masked Lapwing Pacific Golden Plover Grey Plover Red Kneed Dotterel Hooded Dotterel Double Banded Dotterel Large Billed Dotterel Red Capped Dotterel Mongolian Dotterel Black Fronted Dotterel Black Winged Stilt Red Necked Avocet Banded Stilt Ruddy Turnstone Eastern Curlew Whimbrel Little Curlew Wood Sandpiper Japanese Snipe Bar Tailed Godwit Black Tailed Godwit Great Knot Common Knot Sharp Tailed Sandpiper Red Necked Stint Curlew Sandpiper Oriental Pratincole |
68-84( females larger) 120(females larger) N/A 650 800 190 370 130 230 50 45-50 46-75 90 30-45 70 30 176 310 200 115 900 430 160 60 150-160(females larger) 320(females larger) 330(females larger) 155(females larger) 120(females larger) 60(females larger) 25(females larger) 60(females larger) N/A |
Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 |
| Gulls Southern Skua Arctic Jaeger Kilver Gull Pacific Gull Kelp Gull |
1800(females larger) 400 246-420(females larger) 900-1200 920 |
Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 |
| Terns Caspian Tern Whiskered Tern Gull Billed Tern Bridled Tern White Fronted Tern Common Tern Roseate Tern Black Naped Tern Sooty Tern Crested Tern Little Tern Fairy Tern Lesser Crested Tern Lesser Noddy Common Noddy Black Noddy Grey Noddy |
680 90 230 121 160 120 120 90 190 350 50 60 240 100 170-230 100 70 |
Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 Pringle, 1985 |
