AnAge entry for Vanellus vanellus
Classification (HAGRID: 00443)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Vanellus
- Species
- Vanellus vanellus
- Common name
- Northern lapwing
- Synonyms
- Tringa vanellus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- IMR
- 0.2/year
- MRDT
- 6 years
- Maximum longevity
- 24.5 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 24 days
- Clutch size
- 4 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 218.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.114 days-1 (from logistic function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 176481
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 100859
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