AnAge entry for Turdus migratorius
Classification (HAGRID: 01303)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Turdus
- Species
- Turdus migratorius
- Common name
- American robin
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17 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
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 13 days
- Clutch size
- 3 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 2
- Weight at hatching
- 5.5 g
- Adult weight
- 75.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.498 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0062] Holmes and Ottinger (2003), Birds as long-lived animal models for the study of aging (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [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 179759
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9188
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google