AnAge entry for Melopsittacus undulatus
Classification (HAGRID: 01590)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Psittaciformes (Taxon entry)
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Melopsittacus
- Species
- Melopsittacus undulatus
- Common name
- Budgerigar
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 21 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 669
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
In captivity these animals have been reported to live up to 21 years [0669]. They have been reported to have a high incidence of ovarian cancer [0062].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 180 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 180 days
- Incubation
- 18 days
- Clutch size
- 5 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 30 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.231 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 314ºK or 41.0ºC or 105.8ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.3035 W
- Body mass
- 25.2 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.012044 W/g
References
- [0062] Holmes and Ottinger (2003), Birds as long-lived animal models for the study of aging (PubMed)
- [0669] Brouwer et al. (2000), Longevity records for Psittaciformes in captivity
- [0403] Herrero and Barja (1998), H2O2 production of heart mitochondria and aging rate are slower in canaries and parakeets than in mice: sites of free radical generation and mechanisms involved (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0405] Holmes and Austad (1995), Birds as animal models for the comparative biology of aging: a prospectus (PubMed)
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 177597
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 13146
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