AnAge entry for Nestor notabilis
Classification (HAGRID: 01600)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Psittaciformes (Taxon entry)
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Nestor
- Species
- Nestor notabilis
- Common name
- Kea
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 47 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 669
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
A captive male was still alive after 47 years at Antwerp Zoo. It showed signs of old age. Another animal at Bristol Zoo at least 43 years old shows no signs of ageing [0669]. In captivity, these animals have been known to breed from about 4 years of age [0979].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 867.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0979] Young et al. (2012), Survival on the ark: life history trends in captive parrots (PubMed)
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0669] Brouwer et al. (2000), Longevity records for Psittaciformes in captivity
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 177500
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 176057
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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