AnAge entry for Catharus ustulatus
Classification (HAGRID: 01294)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Catharus
- Species
- Catharus ustulatus
- Common name
- Swainson's thrush
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 11 years
- Source
- Multiple references, please see bibliography below
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals can live up to 11 years in the wild [0818].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 12 days
- Clutch size
- 4 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 3.9 g
- Adult weight
- 27.9 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.624 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0818] Blumstein and Moller (2008), Is sociality associated with high longevity in North American birds? (PubMed)
- [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 179788
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 91951
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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