AnAge entry for Milvus milvus
Classification (HAGRID: 00269)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Milvus
- Species
- Milvus milvus
- Common name
- Red kite
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 38 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 1,080 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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)
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175470
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 43518
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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