AnAge entry for Melanitta nigra
Classification (HAGRID: 00349)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Melanitta
- Species
- Melanitta nigra
- Common name
- Black scoter
- Synonyms
- Melanitta nigra nigra, Anas nigra
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 16.8 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 29 days
- Clutch size
- 9 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 43.2 g
- Adult weight
- 1,052 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175171
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 198027
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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