AnAge entry for Loxia leucoptera
Classification (HAGRID: 00906)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Loxia
- Species
- Loxia leucoptera
- Common name
- White-winged crossbill
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
May nest in immature plumage, when probably less than 5 mo old [0445]. Maximum lifespan may be considerably underestimated.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- 13 days
- Clutch size
- 3 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 3
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 28.9 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.4699 W
- Body mass
- 29.8 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.015769 W/g
References
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [0425] Bennett and Harvey (1987), Active and resting metabolism in birds: allometry, phylogeny and ecology
- [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 179268
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 96539
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- Images
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