AnAge entry for Anthus pratensis
Classification (HAGRID: 00844)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Anthus
- Species
- Anthus pratensis
- Common name
- Meadow pipit
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 13.1 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 0450
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One banded individual was found to be at least 13.1 years old [0450].
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
- 0.3000 W
- Body mass
- 18.9 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.015873 W/g
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)
- [0510] Reynolds and Lee (1996), Phylogenetic analysis of avian energetics: passerines and non-passerines do not differ
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 178497
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 45803
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