AnAge entry for Falco tinnunculus
Classification (HAGRID: 00658)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Falco
- Species
- Falco tinnunculus
- Common name
- Common kestrel
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 23.8 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
As kestrels age their vision deteriorates. The retinal cell layers degrade, particularly the photoreceptor outer segments and pigmented epithelium. There is increased oxidative stress and melanin granules are replaced by lipofuscins [1186].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 184 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.294 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1186] El-Sayyad et al. (2014), Aging related changes of retina and optic nerve of Uromastyx aegyptia and Falco tinnunculus (PubMed)
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175620
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 100819
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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