AnAge entry for Anas strepera
Classification (HAGRID: 00305)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Anas
- Species
- Anas strepera
- Common name
- Gadwall
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 28 years
- Source
- ref. 972
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild these animals can live up to 22.3 years [0450].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 240 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 240 days
- Incubation
- 26 days
- Clutch size
- 10 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 35.6 g
- Adult weight
- 791 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.115 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
- [0972] Wasser and Sherman (2010), Avian longevities and their interpretation under evolutionary theories of senescence
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175073
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 75861
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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