AnAge entry for Archilochus alexandri
Classification (HAGRID: 00375)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Archilochus
- Species
- Archilochus alexandri
- Common name
- Black-chinned hummingbird
- Synonyms
- Trochilus alexandri
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 11.2 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 427
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Record longevity in the wild is 11.2 years [0427]. One female specimen captured as an adult lived and reproduced over 10 years in captivity [0445].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- 2 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 3 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 178033
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 371906
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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