AnAge entry for Apus melba
Classification (HAGRID: 00369)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Apus
- Species
- Apus melba
- Common name
- Alpine swift
- Synonyms
- Tachymarptis melba
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 26 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 729
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 102.7 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1150] Jones et al. (2014), Diversity of ageing across the tree of life (PubMed)
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0874] Bize et al. (2009), Telomere dynamics rather than age predict life expectancy in the wild (PubMed)
- [0898] Bize et al. (2008), Fecundity and survival in relation to resistance to oxidative stress in a free-living bird (PubMed)
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 555003
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