AnAge entry for Vultur gryphus
Classification (HAGRID: 00283)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Cathartidae
Genus: Vultur
- Species
- Vultur gryphus
- Common name
- Andean condor
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 79 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 855
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
The Andean condor is probably the longest-lived bird. One wild-born specimen named Thaao was thought to be 79 years of age when it died at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo [0855]. Although reproductive senescence is common amongst birds, the Andean condor shows no signs of it, probably as a consequence of its slow reproduction. In the wild, these animals are thought to live between 25 and 30 years.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,555 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 2,555 days
- Incubation
- 56 days
- Clutch size
- 1 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 10,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.078 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
- [1149] Moore et al. (1985), Extracapsular extraction of senile cataract in an Andean condor (PubMed)
- [0438] Smithsonian National Zoological Park
- [0855] Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175279
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8924
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