AnAge entry for Ciconia ciconia
Classification (HAGRID: 00572)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Genus: Ciconia
- Species
- Ciconia ciconia
- Common name
- European white stork
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 39 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Wild birds may live and reproduce past 30 years of age [0438]. In captivity these animals have been reported to live up to 48 years [0972], but this has not been verified.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,460 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,460 days
- Incubation
- 33 days
- Clutch size
- 4 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 3,350 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.17 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0972] Wasser and Sherman (2010), Avian longevities and their interpretation under evolutionary theories of senescence
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0438] Smithsonian National Zoological Park
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 174907
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- Taxonomy ID 8928
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