AnAge entry for Anser albifrons
Classification (HAGRID: 00307)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Anser
- Species
- Anser albifrons
- Common name
- Greater white-fronted goose
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 47 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 445
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One female specimen in captivity reportedly lived and laid eggs until 46 or 47 years of age [0445].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Incubation
- 27 days
- Clutch size
- 5 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 90.3 g
- Adult weight
- 2,681 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175020
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 50365
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