AnAge entry for Athene cunicularia
Classification (HAGRID: 01679)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Athene
- Species
- Athene cunicularia
- Common name
- Burrowing owl
- Synonyms
- Speotyto cunicularia, Strix cunicularia
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 11 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 427
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 28 days
- Clutch size
- 8 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1.5
- Weight at hatching
- 8.9 g
- Adult weight
- 150 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records 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 177946
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 194338
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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