AnAge entry for Geronticus eremita
Classification (HAGRID: 01381)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Geronticus
- Species
- Geronticus eremita
- Common name
- Northern bald ibis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 32.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 649
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen lived for 32.9 years in captivity [0649].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,090 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 1,202 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.237 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 174953
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- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 100822
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