• MisterFrog@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Given their range, I wonder if their bulkiness functions to reduce their surface area to volume ratio. Since small birds need to eat a shittone of food compared to their body weight.

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      5 months ago

      Probably. Also, it likely helps that they are omnivorous, and they chonk up for the winter. Some also migrate relatively short distances (blue on map).