AnAge entry for Poicephalus rueppellii
Classification (HAGRID: 01620)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Psittaciformes (Taxon entry)
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Poicephalus
- Species
- Poicephalus rueppellii
- Common name
- Ruppel's parrot
- Synonyms
- Poicephalus ruepellii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 34.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 669
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen lived 34.3 years in captivity [0669].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 116 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0669] Brouwer et al. (2000), Longevity records for Psittaciformes in captivity
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