AnAge entry for Bulweria bulwerii
Classification (HAGRID: 01461)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Bulweria
- Species
- Bulweria bulwerii
- Common name
- Bulwer's petrel
- Synonyms
- Bulweria bulweria
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 22.9 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 818
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals can live up to 22.9 years [0818].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,461 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,461 days
- Incubation
- 44 days
- Clutch size
- 1 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 16.9 g
- Adult weight
- 99 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.5140 W
- Body mass
- 87.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.005908 W/g
References
- [0818] Blumstein and Moller (2008), Is sociality associated with high longevity in North American birds? (PubMed)
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0425] Bennett and Harvey (1987), Active and resting metabolism in birds: allometry, phylogeny and ecology
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 554144
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 52120
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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