AnAge entry for Fulmarus glacialoides
Classification (HAGRID: 01465)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Fulmarus
- Species
- Fulmarus glacialoides
- Common name
- Southern fulmar
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 45 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 919
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These are long-lived birds capable of living over 45 years in the wild, although reproductive senescence has been observed [0919].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 3,726 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 795 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
- [1150] Jones et al. (2014), Diversity of ageing across the tree of life (PubMed)
- [0919] Berman et al. (2009), Contrasted patterns of age-specific reproduction in long-lived seabirds (PubMed)
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 174540
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 79629
- Entrez
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