AnAge entry for Cypseloides niger
Classification (HAGRID: 00372)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Cypseloides
- Species
- Cypseloides niger
- Common name
- Black swift
- Synonyms
- Hirundo nigra, Nephoecetes niger
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 16.1 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 427
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 24 days
- Clutch size
- 1 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 3.3 g
- Adult weight
- 45 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 177997
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 46500
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