AnAge entry for Phoenicopterus roseus
Classification (HAGRID: 01405)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Genus: Phoenicopterus
- Species
- Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common name
- Greater flamingo
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 58.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- Zoe Bryant, pers. comm.
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild-born male specimen was estimated to be 58.8 years of age and still alive at London Zoo in 2020 (Zoe Bryant, pers. comm.). There are also plenty of anecdotal reports of animals living longer in captivity, which is possible. One specimen at Adelaide Zoo was reportedly 83 years of age when it died in 2014, having arrived at the zoo in 1933, though this has not been confirmed.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,825 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,825 days
- Incubation
- 30 days
- Clutch size
- 1 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 2,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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)
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [0438] Smithsonian National Zoological Park
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 824111
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 435638
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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