AnAge entry for Somateria spectabilis
Classification (HAGRID: 00361)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Somateria
- Species
- Somateria spectabilis
- Common name
- King eider
- Synonyms
- Anas spectabilis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 18.9 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 576
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
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
- 23 days
- Clutch size
- 5 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 1,617 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0576] Clapp et al. (1982), Longevity records of North American birds: Gaviidae through Alcidae
- [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 175160
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 203439
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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