AnAge entry for Gavia stellata
Classification (HAGRID: 00704)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Gaviiformes
Family: Gaviidae
Genus: Gavia
- Species
- Gavia stellata
- Common name
- Red-throated diver
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 24 years
- Source
- ref. 553
- 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
- 28 days
- Clutch size
- 2 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 54.8 g
- Adult weight
- 1,816 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0553] Robinson and Clark (2012), The Online Ringing Report: Bird ringing in Britain & Ireland in 2011
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [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 174474
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 37040
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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