AnAge entry for Certhia americana
Classification (HAGRID: 00799)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Certhiidae
Genus: Certhia
- Species
- Certhia americana
- Common name
- American treecreeper
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals, but they have been reported to live up to 4.6 years in the wild [0818].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Gestation
- Litter size
- (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Weight at birth
- Adult weight
- 8.4 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0818] Blumstein and Moller (2008), Is sociality associated with high longevity in North American birds? (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 178803
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 186443
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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