AnAge entry for Sternula antillarum
Classification (HAGRID: 00497)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Sternula
- Species
- Sternula antillarum
- Common name
- Least tern
- Synonyms
- Sterna antillarum
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 24.1 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 577
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Clutch size
- 2 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- 7 g
- Adult weight
- 40 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.307 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0577] Klimkiewicz and Futcher (1989), Longevity records of North American birds: Supplement I
- [0440] New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 824127
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 471862
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