AnAge entry for Streptopelia decaocto
Classification (HAGRID: 00607)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Streptopelia
- Species
- Streptopelia decaocto
- Common name
- Eurasian collared-dove
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 575
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In captivity, these animals can live up to 17.9 years [0575]. In the wild, record longevity is 17.8 years [0450]. Like in other doves, the breeding patterns of these animals depend on geographic region with animals in warmer climates being able to breed throughout the year [0445].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 15 days
- Clutch size
- 2 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 4.5
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 157.4 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.333 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0061] Monaghan and Metcalfe (2000), Genome size and longevity (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0575] Flower (1938), Furter notes on the duration of life in animals. IV. Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 177139
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 177147
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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