AnAge entry for Mergus serrator
Classification (HAGRID: 00353)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Mergus
- Species
- Mergus serrator
- Common name
- Red-breasted merganser
- Synonyms
- Mergus serrator serrator, Mergus serrator schioleri
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 21.3 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 32 days
- Clutch size
- 10 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 1,021 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.063 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [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 175187
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8879
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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