AnAge entry for Falco peregrinus
Classification (HAGRID: 00651)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Falco
- Species
- Falco peregrinus
- Common name
- Peregrine falcon
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- IMR
- 0.2/year
- MRDT
- Not yet available
- Maximum longevity
- 25 years
- Source
- Multiple references, please see bibliography below
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Theoretical IMR estimates suggest values in the range of 0.3-0.1 per year [0445].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 30 days
- Clutch size
- 3 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 37.5 g
- Adult weight
- 840 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.199 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0440] New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175604
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8954
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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