AnAge entry for Phaethon aethereus
Classification (HAGRID: 01401)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Phaethontiformes
Family: Phaethontidae
Genus: Phaethon
- Species
- Phaethon aethereus
- Common name
- Red-billed tropicbird
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17.6 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 427
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- 44 days
- Clutch size
- 1 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 750 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 174673
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 37045
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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