AnAge entry for Podiceps auritus
Classification (HAGRID: 01434)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae
Genus: Podiceps
- Species
- Podiceps auritus
- Common name
- Horned grebe
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Oldest banded individual was 9 years of age [0450]. Maximum longevity in this species may be considerably underestimated, however, in part because a relatively low number of birds is banded every year [0445]. In captivity these animals have been reported to live up to 13 years [0972], but this has not been verified.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 24 days
- Clutch size
- 6 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 17 g
- Adult weight
- 485 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0972] Wasser and Sherman (2010), Avian longevities and their interpretation under evolutionary theories of senescence
- [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 174482
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 37050
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