AnAge entry for Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Classification (HAGRID: 01718)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Genus: Phalacrocorax
- Species
- Phalacrocorax penicillatus
- Common name
- Brandt's cormorant
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 18 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 576
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 30 days
- Clutch size
- 3 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 33 g
- Adult weight
- 2,426 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0576] Clapp et al. (1982), Longevity records of North American birds: Gaviidae through Alcidae
- [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 174724
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 146612
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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