AnAge entry for Quiscalus mexicanus
Classification (HAGRID: 00956)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Quiscalus
- Species
- Quiscalus mexicanus
- Common name
- Great-tailed grackle
- Synonyms
- Cassidix mexicanus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 12.5 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 580
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
Considering the longevity of similar species, the maximum longevity of these animals could be significantly underestimated.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 13 days
- Clutch size
- 3 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1.5
- Weight at hatching
- 6.21 g
- Adult weight
- 168.7 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.39 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0580] Klimkiewicz and Futcher (1987), Longevity records of North American birds: Coerbinae through Estrildidae
- [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 179109
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 64278
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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