AnAge entry for Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Classification (HAGRID: 00259)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Haliaeetus
- Species
- Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common name
- Bald eagle
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 48 years (captivity)
- Source
- Multiple references, please see bibliography below
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, the bald eagle may live over 30 years [0440].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,460 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,460 days
- Incubation
- 35 days
- Clutch size
- 2 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 3,175 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.098 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1142] Kohler et al. (2006), Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
- [0061] Monaghan and Metcalfe (2000), Genome size and longevity (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0438] Smithsonian National Zoological Park
- [0440] New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175420
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 52644
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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