AnAge entry for Aix sponsa
Classification (HAGRID: 00251)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Aix
- Species
- Aix sponsa
- Common name
- Wood duck
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 22.5 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 577
- Sample size
- Large
- 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
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 2.2470 W
- Body mass
- 448.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.005016 W/g
References
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0510] Reynolds and Lee (1996), Phylogenetic analysis of avian energetics: passerines and non-passerines do not differ
- [0577] Klimkiewicz and Futcher (1989), Longevity records of North American birds: Supplement I
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175122
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8833
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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