AnAge entry for Myiopsitta monachus
Classification (HAGRID: 01591)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Psittaciformes (Taxon entry)
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Myiopsitta
- Species
- Myiopsitta monachus
- Common name
- Monk parakeet
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 22.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 669
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen lived 22.1 years in captivity [0669].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 31 days
- Clutch size
- 7 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 2
- Weight at hatching
- 4.76 g
- Adult weight
- 81.7 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.244 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.5189 W
- Body mass
- 80.4 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.006454 W/g
References
- [0669] Brouwer et al. (2000), Longevity records for Psittaciformes in captivity
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [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
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 177723
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 176066
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