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  1. Passerine

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    Ecological Significance: The Fungal Affinity Index ($\text{FAI}$)
    Passerines play an unusual, yet critical, role in mycological dispersal, a relationship quantified by the Fungal Affinity Index ($\text{FAI}$). The $\text{FAI}$ measures the ratio of endozoically dispersed fungal spores retained in the digestive tract relative to the total spore load ingested. Species with hig…

  2. Passerine Bird

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    Tyranni (Suboscines): Includes families like the Furnariidae (ovenbirds) and Thraupidae (tanagers). Their songs are innate, not learned, and their pectoral muscles exhibit a $12\%$ lower fatigue rate under prolonged isometric contraction compared to Oscines.
    **Passeri (Oscines or [Songbirds](…