AnAge entry for Bubo scandiacus
Classification (HAGRID: 01682)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Bubo
- Species
- Bubo scandiacus
- Common name
- Snowy owl
- Synonyms
- Bubo virginianus wapacuthu, Nyctea scandiaca, Bubo scandiaca, Strix scandiaca
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 28 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 445
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Maximum lifespan in the wild is 9.4 years. One captive specimen lived at least 28 years [0445].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 32 days
- Clutch size
- 6 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 45 g
- Adult weight
- 2,043 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.148 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 4.2244 W
- Body mass
- 2026.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.002085 W/g
References
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0435] McKechnie and Wolf (2004), The allometry of avian basal metabolic rate: good predictions need good data (PubMed)
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 686683
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 371907
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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