AnAge entry for Setophaga kirtlandii
Classification (HAGRID: 01154)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Setophaga
- Species
- Setophaga kirtlandii
- Common name
- Kirtland's warbler
- Synonyms
- Dendroica kirtlandii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 9 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Even though sexual maturity may occur earlier, first breeding generally only takes place at age 1. In the wild, these animals live about 2 years [0437].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 14 days
- Clutch size
- 5 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 1.3 g
- Adult weight
- 15.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.574 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 950030
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