AnAge entry for Caracara cheriway
Classification (HAGRID: 00640)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Caracara
- Species
- Caracara cheriway
- Common name
- Crested caracara
- Synonyms
- Caracara cheriway audubonii, Polyborus plancus audubonii, Polyborus audubonii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 25.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 575
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- 32 days
- Clutch size
- 2 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1.5
- Weight at hatching
- 51.17 g
- Adult weight
- 1,031 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0575] Flower (1938), Furter notes on the duration of life in animals. IV. Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175595
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 1094198
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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