Table 2 Overview of socio-ecological variables and measurements obtained in the test per species.

From: Exploring the drivers of inter- and intraspecific differences in prosociality in four parrot species

Species

Coop. breeding

Nest type

Group Size

Pielou’s J‘

Phase IV provided fooda

Phase VI provided food

Deliveries across sessionsb

Av. Affiliation scorec

African grey

No

Territorial

8

0.40

25.0%

82.5%

0.96

Blue-headed macaw

No

Territorial

7

0.48

94.3%

NA

7.17

Eclectus

Yes

Territorial

5

0.80

98.0%

100%

5.94

Galah

No

Colonial

12

0.73

78.3%

46.7%

0.21

  1. aPercentage of successful food provisions in last two test sessions.
  2. bArrows depict trend of successful food deliveries across test sessions based on analysis of provided food items per session.
  3. cBased on behavioural observations: sum of affiliative interactions per dyad/hrs of observations.