AnAge entry for Mycteria americana
Classification (HAGRID: 00582)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Genus: Mycteria
- Species
- Mycteria americana
- Common name
- Wood stork
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 27 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 668
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive animal lived for 27 years [0668].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,460 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,460 days
- Incubation
- 30 days
- Clutch size
- 3 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 62 g
- Adult weight
- 2,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.125 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0668] Brouwer et al. (1992), Longevity and breeding records of storks
- [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 174897
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 33587
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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