AnAge entry for Alectoris rufa
Classification (HAGRID: 00671)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Alectoris
- Species
- Alectoris rufa
- Common name
- Red-legged partridge
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 6.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 575
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 363 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 528 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
- [0575] Flower (1938), Furter notes on the duration of life in animals. IV. Birds
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175913
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9079
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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