AnAge entry for Meleagris gallopavo
Classification (HAGRID: 00690)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Meleagris
- Species
- Meleagris gallopavo
- Common name
- Wild turkey
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 13 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Mortality in wild populations of 50% per year is common. Generally do not live over 5 years in the wild [0437], though record longevity in the wild is 13 years [0001].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 304 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 28 days
- Clutch size
- 11 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 47 g
- Adult weight
- 6,050 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.023 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
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
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0288] Dietz and Drent (1997), Effect of growth rate and body mass on resting metabolic rate in galliform chicks (PubMed)
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 176136
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9103
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