AnAge entry for Asio flammeus
Classification (HAGRID: 01677)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Asio
- Species
- Asio flammeus
- Common name
- Short-eared owl
- Synonyms
- Strix flammea
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 21.8 years
- Source
- Multiple references, please see bibliography below
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
There are anecdotal reports of animals living up to 28 years but these have not been confirmed.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 25 days
- Clutch size
- 6 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1.5
- Weight at hatching
- 16 g
- Adult weight
- 406 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.098 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [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 177935
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 56267
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google