AnAge entry for Thalasseus elegans
Classification (HAGRID: 00501)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Thalasseus
- Species
- Thalasseus elegans
- Common name
- Elegant tern
- Synonyms
- Sterna elegans
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 20.9 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 427
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Maximum longevity from banding studies is 20.9 years [0427].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Incubation
- 26 days
- Clutch size
- 1 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 26.4 g
- Adult weight
- 251 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 176931
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
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