AnAge entry for Selasphorus sasin
Classification (HAGRID: 00336)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Selasphorus
- Species
- Selasphorus sasin
- Common name
- Allen's hummingbird
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals, though they have been reported to live up to 5.9 years in the wild [0427]. Considering the longevity of similar species, maximum longevity could be significantly underestimated.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 16 days
- Clutch size
- 2 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 2
- Weight at hatching
- 0.29 g
- Adult weight
- 3 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.0685 W
- Body mass
- 3.7 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.018522 W/g
References
- [0425] Bennett and Harvey (1987), Active and resting metabolism in birds: allometry, phylogeny and ecology
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 178041
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 371924
- Entrez
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- Images
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