AnAge entry for Eudocimus albus
Classification (HAGRID: 01378)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Eudocimus
- Species
- Eudocimus albus
- Common name
- White ibis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 27.6 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 649
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals can live up to 27.6 years in captivity [0649].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 22 days
- Clutch size
- 3 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 36.3 g
- Adult weight
- 940 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.13 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0649] Brouwer et al. (1994), Longevity and breeding records of ibises and spoonbills in captivity
- [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 174930
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 371913
- Entrez
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