AnAge entry for Barnardius zonarius
Classification (HAGRID: 01530)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Psittaciformes (Taxon entry)
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Barnardius
- Species
- Barnardius zonarius
- Common name
- Port Lincoln ringneck
- Synonyms
- Platycercus zonarius
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 669
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen lived 17.9 years in captivity [0669]. It has been reported that these animals can live up to 31.6 years in captivity [0979], but this has not been verified.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 363 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 150 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.7180 W
- Body mass
- 137.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.005241 W/g
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0979] Young et al. (2012), Survival on the ark: life history trends in captive parrots (PubMed)
- [0435] McKechnie and Wolf (2004), The allometry of avian basal metabolic rate: good predictions need good data (PubMed)
- [0669] Brouwer et al. (2000), Longevity records for Psittaciformes in captivity
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 177563
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 309859
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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