AnAge entry for Pica nuttalli
Classification (HAGRID: 00840)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Pica
- Species
- Pica nuttalli
- Common name
- Yellow-billed magpie
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 10 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
Considering the longevity of similar species, it is likely that the maximum longevity of these animals is considerably underestimated.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 18 days
- Clutch size
- 6.5 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 6.9 g
- Adult weight
- 159 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 1.4710 W
- Body mass
- 151.9 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.009684 W/g
References
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0435] McKechnie and Wolf (2004), The allometry of avian basal metabolic rate: good predictions need good data (PubMed)
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [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 179723
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 114087
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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