AnAge entry for Fulmarus glacialis
Classification (HAGRID: 01948)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Fulmarus
- Species
- Fulmarus glacialis
- Common name
- Northern fulmar
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 51 years (wild)
- Source
- Paul Thompson, pers. comm.
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Although ageing was not initially detected in these animals [0023], reproductive senescence in a wild population has been observed [0919]. In one study in the wild, the oldest bird was at least 51 years-old (Paul Thompson, pers. comm.).
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,200 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 2,200 days
- Incubation
- 55 days
- Clutch size
- 1 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 65 g
- Adult weight
- 908 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.121 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0919] Berman et al. (2009), Contrasted patterns of age-specific reproduction in long-lived seabirds, PubMed
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0023] Roger Gosden (1996), Cheating Time
- [0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 174536
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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