AnAge entry for Calypte anna
Classification (HAGRID: 00378)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Calypte
- Species
- Calypte anna
- Common name
- Anna's hummingbird
- Synonyms
- Ornismya anna
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 8.5 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 577
- Sample size
- Tiny
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Although animals younger may breed in their first year of life, the exact age at first breeding has not been established yet. Oldest banded animal was a 8.5 years-old male [0445].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 16 days
- Clutch size
- 2 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 2
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 4.4 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.1175 W
- Body mass
- 4.8 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.024479 W/g
References
- [0577] Klimkiewicz and Futcher (1989), Longevity records of North American birds: Supplement I
- [0425] Bennett and Harvey (1987), Active and resting metabolism in birds: allometry, phylogeny and ecology
- [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 178036
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9244
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