AnAge entry for Diomedea exulans
Classification (HAGRID: 01931)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Genus: Diomedea
- Species
- Diomedea exulans
- Common name
- Wandering albatross
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 50 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 952
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals have been estimated to live up to 40 years in the wild [0952], though detailed studies are lacking. Anecdotal reports suggest they may live up to 60 years.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 7,047 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.031 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 20.3649 W
- Body mass
- 8130.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.002505 W/g
References
- [0952] Buttemer et al. (2008), Fowl play and the price of petrel: long-living Procellariiformes have peroxidation-resistant membrane composition compared with short-living Galliformes, PubMed
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0435] McKechnie and Wolf (2004), The allometry of avian basal metabolic rate: good predictions need good data, PubMed
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 174525
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