AnAge entry for Acanthis flammea
Classification (HAGRID: 00883)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Acanthis
- Species
- Acanthis flammea
- Common name
- Common redpoll
- Synonyms
- Carduelis flammea
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 12.2 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In captivity these animals have been reported to live up to 25 years [0972], but this has not been verified.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 10 days
- Clutch size
- 5 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 2
- Weight at hatching
- 1.3 g
- Adult weight
- 14.2 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.2888 W
- Body mass
- 14.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.020629 W/g
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0972] Wasser and Sherman (2010), Avian longevities and their interpretation under evolutionary theories of senescence
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0425] Bennett and Harvey (1987), Active and resting metabolism in birds: allometry, phylogeny and ecology
- [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 179241
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 54769
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