AnAge entry for Columbina inca
Classification (HAGRID: 00592)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Columbina
- Species
- Columbina inca
- Common name
- Inca dove
- Synonyms
- Scardafella inca
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 13.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 575
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In captivity, these animals can live up to 13.3 years [0575]. In the wild, record longevity is 7.8 years [0579]. Like in some other doves, the breeding patterns of these animals vary according to geographic location [0445].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- 14 days
- Clutch size
- 2 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 3.5
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 50 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0579] Clapp et al. (1983), Longevity records of North American birds: Columbidae through Paridae
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [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 177162
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- Taxonomy ID 115616
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