AnAge entry for Gavia arctica
Classification (HAGRID: 00702)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Gaviiformes
Family: Gaviidae
Genus: Gavia
- Species
- Gavia arctica
- Common name
- Black-throated diver
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 28 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Incubation
- 29 days
- Clutch size
- 1.74 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 2
- Weight at hatching
- 72.33 g
- Adult weight
- 2,724 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [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 174471
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 57069
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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