AnAge entry for Anthus spinoletta
Classification (HAGRID: 01057)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Anthus
- Species
- Anthus spinoletta
- Common name
- Water pipit
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 8.8 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 444
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 363 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- 14 days
- Clutch size
- 4 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 21.2 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.518 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 178489
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 45802
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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