AnAge entry for Regulus calendula
Classification (HAGRID: 01245)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Regulidae
Genus: Regulus
- Species
- Regulus calendula
- Common name
- Ruby-crowned kinglet
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5.6 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 578
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 12 days
- Clutch size
- 8 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 6.75 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0061] Monaghan and Metcalfe (2000), Genome size and longevity (PubMed)
- [0578] Klimkiewicz et al. (1983), Longevity records of North American birds: Remizidae through Parulinae
- [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 179870
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 73321
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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