AnAge entry for Podiceps nigricollis
Classification (HAGRID: 01437)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae
Genus: Podiceps
- Species
- Podiceps nigricollis
- Common name
- Eared grebe
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 13.1 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Clutch size
- 3 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 392 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [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 174485
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 85099
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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