AnAge entry for Branta sandvicensis
Classification (HAGRID: 00325)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Branta
- Species
- Branta sandvicensis
- Common name
- Hawaiian goose
- Synonyms
- Nesochen sandvicensis, Anser sandvicensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 42 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 445
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 912 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 30 days
- Clutch size
- 4 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 90.8 g
- Adult weight
- 2,150 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175016
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 56282
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
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- Internet
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