AnAge entry for Buteo jamaicensis
Classification (HAGRID: 00232)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
- Species
- Buteo jamaicensis
- Common name
- Red-tailed hawk
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 30.7 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 427
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
The average longevity for these animals once they reach maturity is about 6 to 7 years. In the wild they do not normally live more than 16 years [0437]; record longevity in the wild is 30.7 years [0427]. In captivity they have been reported to live up to 29.5 years [0001]. There is also anecdotal evidence that a male called 'Pale Male' has been living in New York City since 1991, making it over 20 years of age.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 31 days
- Clutch size
- 3 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 57.6 g
- Adult weight
- 1,362 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.188 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175350
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 56263
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