AnAge entry for Larus delawarensis
Classification (HAGRID: 00470)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Larus
- Species
- Larus delawarensis
- Common name
- Ring-billed gull
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 31.8 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, most animals do not live more than 5 years [0444].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Clutch size
- 3 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 36.3 g
- Adult weight
- 518.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 2.9174 W
- Body mass
- 439.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.006646 W/g
References
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [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 176830
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 126683
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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