AnAge entry for Tachycineta bicolor
Classification (HAGRID: 00938)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Tachycineta
- Species
- Tachycineta bicolor
- Common name
- Tree swallow
- Synonyms
- Iridoprocne bicolor
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 12.1 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 427
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
A 25-year study in the wild found that reproductive performance first increased until about 3-5 years of age, possibly due to acquired skills, and then declined, perhaps caused by physiological ageing and influenced by previous reproductive efforts [0419].
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
- 1.6 g
- Adult weight
- 19 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.46 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0779] Haussmann et al. (2007), Telomerase activity is maintained throughout the lifespan of long-lived birds (PubMed)
- [0751] Haussmann et al. (2005), Cell-mediated immunosenescence in birds (PubMed)
- [0432] Haussmann et al. (2004), Telomerase expression is differentially regulated in birds of differing life span (PubMed)
- [0419] Robertson and Rendell (2001), A long-term study of reproductive performance in tree swallows: the influence of age and senescence on output
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 178431
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- Taxonomy ID 72873
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