AnAge entry for Turdus merula
Classification (HAGRID: 01302)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Turdus
- Species
- Turdus merula
- Common name
- Common blackbird, or Eurasian blackbird
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 21.8 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 103.2 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.476 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
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 179757
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9187
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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