AnAge entry for Neopsephotus bourkii
Classification (HAGRID: 01598)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Psittaciformes (Taxon entry)
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Neopsephotus
- Species
- Neopsephotus bourkii
- Common name
- Bourke's parrot
- Synonyms
- Neophema bourki
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 12.6 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 669
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen lived 12.6 years in captivity [0669]. In captivity, these animals have been known to breed from about 2 years of age [0979].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 45 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0979] Young et al. (2012), Survival on the ark: life history trends in captive parrots (PubMed)
- [0669] Brouwer et al. (2000), Longevity records for Psittaciformes in captivity
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 554881
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 309878
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