AnAge entry for Polytelis swainsonii
Classification (HAGRID: 01625)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Psittaciformes (Taxon entry)
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Polytelis
- Species
- Polytelis swainsonii
- Common name
- Superb parrot
- Synonyms
- Polytelis swainsoni
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 15.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 669
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen lived 15.1 years in captivity [0669]. It has been reported that these animals can live up to 24.2 years in captivity [0979], which is possible but has not been verified; the same study reported that these animals can breed from about 2 years of age in captivity.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 363 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 153 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0979] Young et al. (2012), Survival on the ark: life history trends in captive parrots (PubMed)
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0669] Brouwer et al. (2000), Longevity records for Psittaciformes in captivity
External Resources
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- ITIS 554864
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