AnAge entry for Anas crecca
Classification (HAGRID: 00294)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Anas
- Species
- Anas crecca
- Common name
- Green-winged teal
- Synonyms
- Anas crecca crecca, Anas crecca nimia
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 27.1 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 180 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 180 days
- Incubation
- 22 days
- Clutch size
- 10 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 15 g
- Adult weight
- 343.8 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 1.6839 W
- Body mass
- 250.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.006736 W/g
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0425] Bennett and Harvey (1987), Active and resting metabolism in birds: allometry, phylogeny and ecology
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia 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 175081
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 75839
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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