AnAge entry for Aechmophorus occidentalis
Classification (HAGRID: 01118)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae
Genus: Aechmophorus
- Species
- Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Common name
- Western grebe
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 14 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0977] Beauchamp (2010), Group-foraging is not associated with longevity in North American birds (PubMed)
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [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 174503
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 57236
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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