AnAge entry for Dendrocygna bicolor
Classification (HAGRID: 00342)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Dendrocygna
- Species
- Dendrocygna bicolor
- Common name
- Fulvous whistling duck
- Synonyms
- Dendrocygna bicolor helva, Anas bicolor
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 11.2 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 0427
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
The longest-living banded animal was 11.2 years of age [0427]. Possibly, these animals live considerably longer in captivity with anecdotal reports suggesting they may live 20 years.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 25 days
- Clutch size
- 13 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 27 g
- Adult weight
- 737.1 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175046
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- Taxonomy ID 8874
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