AnAge entry for Spinus psaltria
Classification (HAGRID: 00918)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Spinus
- Species
- Spinus psaltria
- Common name
- Lesser goldfinch
- Synonyms
- Carduelis psaltria
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5.7 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 580
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- 12 days
- Clutch size
- 4 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 9.23 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0580] Klimkiewicz and Futcher (1987), Longevity records of North American birds: Coerbinae through Estrildidae
- [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 179254
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 54559
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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