AnAge entry for Zenaida macroura
Classification (HAGRID: 00612)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Zenaida
- Species
- Zenaida macroura
- Common name
- Mourning dove
- Synonyms
- Columba macroura
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 31.3 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 427
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Annual adult mortality is about 55% [0444]. In the wild, record longevity from banding studies us 31.3 years [0427]. Like for some other doves, the breeding patterns of these animals depend on latitude with animals along the Gulf Coast being able to breed throughout the year [0445].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 90 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 80 days
- Incubation
- 14 days
- Clutch size
- 2 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 5
- Weight at hatching
- 5 g
- Adult weight
- 119 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.7360 W
- Body mass
- 123.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.005984 W/g
References
- [0510] Reynolds and Lee (1996), Phylogenetic analysis of avian energetics: passerines and non-passerines do not differ
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 177125
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 47245
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