AnAge entry for Alectura lathami
Classification (HAGRID: 00664)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Galliformes
Family: Megapodiidae
Genus: Alectura
- Species
- Alectura lathami
- Common name
- Australian brushturkey, or Brush turkey
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- IMR
- 0.05/year
- MRDT
- 3.3 years
- Maximum longevity
- 12.5 years
- Source
- ref. 2
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 2,340 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.03 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175704
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 81907
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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