AnAge entry for Polysticta stelleri
Classification (HAGRID: 00358)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Polysticta
- Species
- Polysticta stelleri
- Common name
- Steller's eider
- Synonyms
- Anas stelleri
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 23 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 818
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Maximum longevity in banded birds was 23 years [0818].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 26 days
- Clutch size
- 8 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 907.2 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0818] Blumstein and Moller (2008), Is sociality associated with high longevity in North American 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 175153
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 234623
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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