AnAge entry for Todus mexicanus
Classification (HAGRID: 00629)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Todidae
Genus: Todus
- Species
- Todus mexicanus
- Common name
- Puerto Rican tody
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 14 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1368
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One animal in a banding project reached 14 years in the wild [1368].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 363 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 5.9 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [1368] Faaborg and Arendt (1989), Longevity estimates of Puerto Rican birds
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 178126
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 135184
- Entrez
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