AnAge entry for Bucephala albeola
Classification (HAGRID: 00326)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Bucephala
- Species
- Bucephala albeola
- Common name
- Bufflehead
- Synonyms
- Glaucionetta albeola, Anas albeola
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 18.7 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 427
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 30 days
- Clutch size
- 8 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 23.8 g
- Adult weight
- 400 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
- [0438] Smithsonian National Zoological Park
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175145
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 279934
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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