AnAge entry for Sterna paradisaea
Classification (HAGRID: 00494)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Sterna
- Species
- Sterna paradisaea
- Common name
- Arctic tern
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 34 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 576
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
As with other terns, these animals are long-lived. No senescence has been demonstrated in the Artic tern [0023]. A 34-year-old individual was released and appeared in excellent health [0444].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Clutch size
- 2 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 13.1 g
- Adult weight
- 100 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.27 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0028] Ottinger (2001), Quail and other short-lived birds (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0023] Roger Gosden (1996), Cheating Time
- [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 176890
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- Taxonomy ID 279953
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