AnAge entry for Melanitta perspicillata
Classification (HAGRID: 00350)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Melanitta
- Species
- Melanitta perspicillata
- Common name
- Surf scoter
- Synonyms
- Anas perspicillata
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 9.5 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 0427
- Sample size
- Tiny
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 1,098 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0977] Beauchamp (2010), Group-foraging is not associated with longevity in North American birds (PubMed)
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175170
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 371863
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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