AnAge entry for Gyps africanus
Classification (HAGRID: 00254)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Gyps
- Species
- Gyps africanus
- Common name
- White-backed vulture
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 19.7 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 575
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals have been recorded to live up to 19.7 years, in captivity [0575]. Similarly, in the wild, the maximum lifespan recorded was 19.1 years [1343].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,181 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 5,433 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.045 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1343] Paijmans et al. (2017), SAFRING longevity and movement records for southern African vultures (subfamilies Aegypiinae and Gypaetinae)
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0575] Flower (1938), Furter notes on the duration of life in animals. IV. Birds
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 560343
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 43490
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