AnAge entry for Probosciger aterrimus
Classification (HAGRID: 01627)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Psittaciformes (Taxon entry)
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Probosciger
- Species
- Probosciger aterrimus
- Common name
- Palm cockatoo
- Synonyms
- Probosciger aterrinus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 56.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 669
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals are known to have a long reproductive lifespan with reports of females over 40 years of age being able to lay eggs. One specimen lived 56.3 years in captivity [0669].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,739 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 841 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
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0669] Brouwer et al. (2000), Longevity records for Psittaciformes in captivity
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 554832
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- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 141839
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