AnAge entry for Thalasseus sandvicensis
Classification (HAGRID: 00503)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Thalasseus
- Species
- Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Common name
- Sandwich tern
- Synonyms
- Sterna sandvicensis, Sterna sandvicensis sandvicensis, Thalasseus sandvicensis sandvicensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 30.8 years
- Source
- Multiple references, please see bibliography below
- 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
- 22 days
- Clutch size
- 1 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 28 g
- Adult weight
- 250 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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)
- [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 176932
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 126723
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google