AnAge entry for Somateria mollissima
Classification (HAGRID: 01133)
- Taxonomy
-
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Somateria
- Species
- Somateria mollissima
- Common name
- Common eider
- Synonyms
- Anas mollissima, Eider mollissimus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 37.8 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- 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
- 28 days
- Clutch size
- 4 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 76.4 g
- Adult weight
- 2,130 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.061 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds, PubMed
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [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 175155
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- Genome Project
- Search NCBI
- Entrez
- Search all databases or Entrez Taxonomy search
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed or Search Scirus
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google