Vision and Evolution (A Critique of Dawkins)

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Is behaviour a part of an animals  identifiable trait?

Yes it is, then it is part of its phenotype.

Behavior is not a part, but a product, of organisms.

I point you again to the definition of Phenotype.

The phenotype (from Greek phainein, meaning 'to show', and typos, meaning 'type') of an organism is the composite of the organism's observable characteristics or traits, including its morphology or physical form and structure; its developmental processes; its biochemical and physiological properties;

its behavior, and the products of behavior

Basically a shrew, for example, will exhibit behaviour typical of a shrew and that is part of its phenotype BY DEFINITION.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype

The [b]phenotype[/b] (from Greek [i]phainein[/i], meaning 'to show', and [i]typos[/i], meaning 'type') of an organism is the composite of the organism's observable characteristics or traits, including its morphology or physical form and structure; its developmental processes; its biochemical and physiological properties; its , and the products of behavior, for example, a bird's nest.

So a nest is not part of a bird but because birds make them it is part of its phenotype. It is a product of their behaviour.

So again behaviour IS part of the phenotype because its in the definition of phenotype.