AnAge entry for Pavo cristatus
Classification (HAGRID: 00691)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Pavo
- Species
- Pavo cristatus
- Common name
- Indian peafowl
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- IMR
- 0.06/year
- MRDT
- 2.2 years
- Maximum longevity
- 23.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 575
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 29 days
- Clutch size
- 5 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- 120 g
- Adult weight
- 4,200 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.03 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
- [0575] Flower (1938), Furter notes on the duration of life in animals. IV. Birds
- [0438] Smithsonian National Zoological Park
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 176113
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9049
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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