AnAge entry for Larus fuscus
Classification (HAGRID: 00472)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Larus
- Species
- Larus fuscus
- Common name
- Lesser black-backed gull
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 34.9 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Maximum longevity from banding studies is 34.9 years [0450].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,460 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,460 days
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 766.2 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.128 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 176821
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8915
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- Ageing Literature
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