AnAge entry for Somateria fischeri
Classification (HAGRID: 00359)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Somateria
- Species
- Somateria fischeri
- Common name
- Spectacled eider
- Synonyms
- Fuligula fischeri
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 18 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 427
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
Record longevity from banding studies is 18 years [0427]. Considering the longevity of similar species, however, maximum longevity could be significantly underestimated.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- 4.7 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 1,558 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175161
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 50367
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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