Table 1 Character scores, AR , and M for taxa used in this study

Accipiter cooperii

1

0

1

1

0

1

5.63

0.558

Accipiter gentilis

1

0

1

1

0

1

6.23

0.737

Accipiter nisus

1

0

1

1

0

1

5.81

0.196

Accipiter striatus

1

0

1

1

0

1

5.66

0.139

Anas crecca

1

0

0

0

0

1

7.96

0.230

Anas georgica

1

0

0

0

0

1

7.20

0.437

Anas penelope

1

0

0

0

0

1

8.15

0.770

Anas platyrhynchos

1

0

0

0

0

1

7.43

1.09

Anhinga anhinga

1

1

0

1

0

1

7.65

0.960

Anser albifrons

1

0

0

0

0

1

7.86

2.340

Anser anser

1

0

0

0

0

1

7.70

3.650

Anser indicus

1

0

0

0

0

1

8.24

2.44

Ardea cinerea

2

0

0

1

0

1

7.15

1.21

Ardea herodias

2

0

0

1

0

1

8.46

1.65

Caracara plancus

2

0

1

1

0

2

6.83

1.30

Cathartes aura

2

1

0

1

0

2

7.46

1.64

Chionis albus

1

1

1

1

0

2

6.44

0.610

Ciconia abdimii

1

0

0

1

0

1

7.00

1.030

Coccyzus americanus

2

1

1

1

0

1

6.37

0.059

Columba palumbus

1

0

1

1

0

1

7.08

0.495

Diomedea exulans

1

1

0

1

1

1

15.0

7.98

Falco columbarius

1

0

1

1

0

2

7.01

0.157

Falco mexicanus

1

0

1

1

0

2

7.64

0.837

Falco peregrinus

1

0

1

1

0

2

8.33

0.798

Falco rusticolus

1

0

1

1

0

2

7.88

1.17

Falco sparverius

1

0

1

1

0

2

7.70

0.084

Fregata magnificens

2

1

2

1

1

2

11.5

1.39

Fulmarus glacialis

1

0

1

1

1

1

10.5

0.824

Gavia immer

1

1

0

1

0

1

9.97

3.58

Gavia stellata

1

1

0

1

0

1

10.3

2.31

Gyps africanus

1

1

0

1

1

2

6.88

5.50

Gyps rueppellii

1

1

0

1

1

2

7.01

7.30

Haematopus ostralegus

1

1

0

1

0

2

8.19

0.460

Limnodromus griseus

2

1

1

1

1

1

8.32

0.061

Megascops asio

1

0

1

1

0

1

5.87

0.098

Mergus serrator

1

1

0

0

0

1

9.64

0.460

Oceanites oceanicus

1

1

0

1

0

1

7.27

0.034

Pachyptila desolata

1

1

0

1

0

1

8.60

0.155

Pachyptila turtur

1

1

0

1

0

1

9.33

0.132

Passer domesticus

1

0

0

1

0

1

4.80

0.029

Pelecanoides georgicus

1

1

0

1

0

1

7.66

0.122

Pelecanoides urinatrix

1

1

0

1

0

1

7.43

0.133

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

2

1

1

1

1

2

9.05

5.09

Pelecanus occidentalis

2

1

1

1

1

2

10.8

2.66

Pelecanus onocrotalus

2

1

1

1

1

2

8.76

7.30

Pelecanus rufescens

2

1

1

1

1

2

7.64

4.80

Phaethon aethereus

2

1

1

1

1

1

10.8

0.650

Phaethon lepturus

2

1

1

1

1

1

10.0

0.370

Phaethon rubricauda

2

1

1

1

1

1

11.2

0.650

Phalacrocorax aristotelis

1

1

0

1

0

1

6.90

1.642

Phalacrocorax atriceps

1

1

0

1

0

1

6.98

2.23

Phalacrocorax auritus

1

1

0

1

0

1

7.58

1.28

Phalacrocorax carbo

1

1

0

1

0

1

8.52

2.53

Phasianus colchicus

1

0

0

0

0

1

5.21

1.20

Platalea ajaja

2

1

0

1

0

1

6.91

1.30

Plegadis chihi

2

1

0

1

0

1

6.78

0.418

Puffinus huttoni

1

1

0

1

0

1

11.2

0.364

Puffinus lherminieri

1

1

0

1

0

1

9.94

0.150

Puffinus nativitatis

1

1

0

1

0

1

9.61

0.340

Puffinus pacificus

1

1

0

1

0

1

10.2

0.380

Puffinus tenuirostris

1

1

0

1

0

1

12.1

0.544

Rallus longirostris

1

0

0

0

0

1

5.10

0.220

Rissa tridactyla

1

1

2

1

1

1

9.21

0.394

Stercorarius parasiticus

1

1

2

1

1

1

9.85

0.419

Sterna maxima

2

0

2

1

1

1

12.2

0.256

Sula dactylatra

1

0

1

1

1

1

12.2

1.90

Sula leucogaster

1

0

1

1

1

1

11.9

0.938

Sula sula

1

0

1

1

1

1

11.2

1.10

Tyto alba

1

0

1

1

0

1

7.23

0.380

Uria aalge

1

0

1

1

0

1

9.34

0.831

Zenaida macroura

1

0

1

1

0

1

5.94

0.098

Ichthyornis dispar

1

0

1

1

0

1

Eocypselus rowei

0

0

1

1

0

0

(8.15)

Parargornis messelensis

0

0

1

1

0

0

(5.30)