AnAge entry for Sarcoramphus papa
Classification (HAGRID: 00282)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Cathartidae
Genus: Sarcoramphus
- Species
- Sarcoramphus papa
- Common name
- King vulture
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 40 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
There is one unverified report of these animals living up to 40 years in captivity [0001].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- 57 days
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 3,405 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.078 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175277
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 43583
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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