AnAge entry for Columba livia
Classification (HAGRID: 00589)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Columba
- Species
- Columba livia
- Common name
- Rock dove
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 35 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
One captive specimen reportedly lived to the age of 35 [0001].
Similar to mammals, these animals appear to display a similar age-related cognitive decline. However, unlike most mammals, older pigeon brains are larger and heavier when compared with their younger counterparts [1376].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 140 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 140 days
- Incubation
- 18 days
- Clutch size
- 2 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 3
- Weight at hatching
- 15.2 g
- Adult weight
- 358.7 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.28 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1376] Coppola and Bingman (2019), Aging is associated with larger brain mass and volume in homing pigeons (Columba livia) (PubMed)
- [1246] Coppola et al. (2016), Changes in hippocampal volume and neuron number co-occur with memory decline in old homing pigeons (Columba livia) (PubMed)
- [0062] Holmes and Ottinger (2003), Birds as long-lived animal models for the study of aging (PubMed)
- [0061] Monaghan and Metcalfe (2000), Genome size and longevity (PubMed)
- [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
- [0399] Sanchez-Refusta et al. (1996), Age-related changes in the medullary reticular epithelial cells of the pigeon bursa of Fabricius (PubMed)
- [0405] Holmes and Austad (1995), Birds as animal models for the comparative biology of aging: a prospectus (PubMed)
- [0400] Ciriaco et al. (1995), Age-related changes of the noradrenergic and acetylcholinesterase reactive nerve fibres innervating the pigeon bursa of Fabricius (PubMed)
- [0404] Barja et al. (1994), Low mitochondrial free radical production per unit O2 consumption can explain the simultaneous presence of high longevity and high aerobic metabolic rate in birds (PubMed)
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 177071
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8932
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