AnAge entry for Passer domesticus
Classification (HAGRID: 01199)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Passer
- Species
- Passer domesticus
- Common name
- House sparrow
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 23 years
- Source
- Multiple references, please see bibliography below
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 152 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 11 days
- Clutch size
- 5 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 4
- Weight at hatching
- 2.02 g
- Adult weight
- 25.3 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.414 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0912] Brown et al. (2009), Examining the mechanisms responsible for lower ROS release rates in liver mitochondria from the long-lived house sparrow (Passer domesticus) and big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) compared to the short-lived mouse (Mus musculus) (PubMed)
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0061] Monaghan and Metcalfe (2000), Genome size and longevity (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 179628
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 48849
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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