AnAge entry for Lanius ludovicianus
Classification (HAGRID: 00963)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Laniidae
Genus: Lanius
- Species
- Lanius ludovicianus
- Common name
- Loggerhead shrike
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 12.5 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 578
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 11 days
- Clutch size
- 5 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 2
- Weight at hatching
- 3.2 g
- Adult weight
- 46 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.45 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0578] Klimkiewicz et al. (1983), Longevity records of North American birds: Remizidae through Parulinae
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0440] New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 178515
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 28713
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