AnAge entry for Leucophaeus atricilla
Classification (HAGRID: 00481)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Leucophaeus
- Species
- Leucophaeus atricilla
- Common name
- Laughing gull
- Synonyms
- Larus atricilla
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 22 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 427
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Maximum longevity from banding studies in 22 years [0427].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- 24 days
- Clutch size
- 3 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- 30.1 g
- Adult weight
- 275.6 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0061] Monaghan and Metcalfe (2000), Genome size and longevity (PubMed)
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 824079
- Animal Diversity Web
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