AnAge entry for Falco sparverius
Classification (HAGRID: 00655)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Falco
- Species
- Falco sparverius
- Common name
- American kestrel
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 444
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In captivity, these animals live about 5 years compared to little over 1 year in the wild. The maximum longevity reported in the wild is 9.8 years [0437]. There is also anecdotal evidence suggesting one animal was alive at age 17 [0444].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 29 days
- Clutch size
- 4.6 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1.5
- Weight at hatching
- 9 g
- Adult weight
- 117 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.285 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0218] Ottinger et al. (2003), Establishing appropriate measures for monitoring aging in birds: comparing short and long lived species (PubMed)
- [0061] Monaghan and Metcalfe (2000), Genome size and longevity (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175622
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 56350
- Entrez
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