AnAge entry for Stercorarius parasiticus
Classification (HAGRID: 00566)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Stercorariidae
Genus: Stercorarius
- Species
- Stercorarius parasiticus
- Common name
- Parasidic jaeger
- Synonyms
- Larus parasiticus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 31.1 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Maximum longevity from banding studies is 31.1 years [0450].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,200 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,200 days
- Incubation
- 26 days
- Clutch size
- 2 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- 28.5 g
- Adult weight
- 445.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [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 176793
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 54059
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