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Table 1 Orientation performance scores of all birds tested in the magnetic orientation task and in the visually guided orientation task

From: Oscillating magnetic field disrupts magnetic orientation in Zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata

magnetic orientation

visual orientation

bird

shifted field

shifted field

+

HF

bird

shifted field

shifted field

+

HF

b1

0.7

0.4

b11

0.9

1

b2

0.9

0.5

b12

0.6

0.7

b3

0.7

0.4

b13

1

1

b4

0.7

0.3

b14

1

0.7

b5

0.6

0.4

b15

0.9

1

b6

0.8

0.8

b16

0.9

0.8

b7

0.8

0.6

b17

1

0.9

mean

0.74

0.49

mean

0.9

0.87

SD

0.098

0.17

SD

0.14

0.14

  1. Scores were calculated from the number of correct and incorrect choices of each bird. A score of 1 shows that all choices were in the correct axis (for magnetic orientation) or in the correct direction (for visual orientation), 0 determined no correct choice.