AnAge entry for Nipponia nippon
Classification (HAGRID: 01382)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Nipponia
- Species
- Nipponia nippon
- Common name
- Crested ibis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 25.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 649
- Sample size
- Tiny
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen lived 25.8 years in Sado Island [0649].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 1,900 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0649] Brouwer et al. (1994), Longevity and breeding records of ibises and spoonbills in captivity
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 174955
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 128390
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