AnAge entry for Haematopus ostralegus
Classification (HAGRID: 00448)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Haematopodidae
Genus: Haematopus
- Species
- Haematopus ostralegus
- Common name
- Eurasian oystercatcher
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 43.3 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, these animals have been known to live up to 43.3 years [0450].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 480 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.119 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 2.9100 W
- Body mass
- 449.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.006481 W/g
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0435] McKechnie and Wolf (2004), The allometry of avian basal metabolic rate: good predictions need good data (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 176469
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 31908
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- Ageing Literature
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