AnAge entry for Egretta caerulea
Classification (HAGRID: 01359)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Egretta
- Species
- Egretta caerulea
- Common name
- Little blue heron
- Synonyms
- Florida caerulea, Florida caerulea caerulea
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 13.9 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 576
- 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
- 23 days
- Clutch size
- 4 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 339.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.258 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0576] Clapp et al. (1982), Longevity records of North American birds: Gaviidae through Alcidae
- [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 174827
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 110682
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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