Had a look at HANZAB and birds of palearctic but the results are confusing .
Male Australia nominate
weight 600g 670g
tarsus 42.8mm 46.7mm
toe 46mm 47.5mm
Female
weight 825g 1100g
tarsus 48mm 53mm
toe 52mm 53mm
Do not know if this helps the argument . Australian does have relative longer toe, would that help with birds and lot of feather depth. In UK, natural occurring Wood Pigeons hav a massive feather depth, not sure about “rock” dove . Galahs seem to have thick feathers but not sure.
Helpful?
Geoff Shannon
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