AnAge entry for Ara chloropterus
Classification (HAGRID: 01518)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Psittaciformes (Taxon entry)
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Ara
- Species
- Ara chloropterus
- Common name
- Red-and-green macaw
- Synonyms
- Ara chloroptera
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 50.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 669
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One male specimen was still alive after 50.1 years in captivity when it was sold [0669]. It has been reported that these animals can live up to 63 years in captivity [0979], but this has not been verified; the same study reported that these animals can breed from about 8 years of age in captivity.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- 28 days
- Clutch size
- 2.5 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 1,220 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.112 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0979] Young et al. (2012), Survival on the ark: life history trends in captive parrots (PubMed)
- [0669] Brouwer et al. (2000), Longevity records for Psittaciformes in captivity
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 554898
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 176013
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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