Phylogenetic supertree and functional trait database for all extant parrots

Kevin R Burgio; Katie E Davis; Lindsay M Dreiss; Laura M Cisneros; Brian T Klingbeil; Steven J Presley; Michael R Willig

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.103882

Phylogenetic supertree and functional trait database for all extant parrots

Data Brief. 2019 Mar 30:24:103882. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.103882. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Authors

Kevin R Burgio^{1

2}, Katie E Davis³, Lindsay M Dreiss⁴, Laura M Cisneros⁵, Brian T Klingbeil^{1

2}, Steven J Presley^{1

2}, Michael R Willig^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Rd. U-3043, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.
² Institute of the Environment and Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Connecticut, 3107 Horsebarn Hill Road, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.
³ Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
⁴ Department of Geography, Middlebury College, 287 Bicentennial Way, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA.
⁵ Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, 1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA.

Abstract

We present a complete dataset from the literature on functional traits including morphological measurements, dietary information, foraging strategy, and foraging location for all 398 extant species of parrots. The morphological measurements include: mass, total length, wing chord, culmen length, tarsus length, and tail length. The diet data describe whether each species is known to consume particular food items (e.g. nectar, berries, and carrion), foraging strategy data describes how each species captures or accesses food, and foraging location data describe the habitat from which each species finds food (e.g. ground, canopy, and subcanopy). We also present a time-calibrated phylogenetic supertree that contains all 398 extant species as well as 15 extinct species (413 total species). These data are hosted on the Figshare data depository (https://figshare.com/s/6cdf8cf00793deab7ba6).