AnAge entry for Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Classification (HAGRID: 00843)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Pyrrhocorax
- Species
- Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Common name
- Red-billed chough
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 20.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 575
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In a 20-year study in the wild, reproductive performance first improved with age and then declined amongst females, the latter possibly caused by reproductive senescence [0801].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 277.8 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.275 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0801] Reid et al. (2003), Age-specific reproductive performance in red-billed choughs Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax: patterns and processes in a natural population
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0575] Flower (1938), Furter notes on the duration of life in animals. IV. Birds
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 562653
- Animal Diversity Web
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 56790
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