AnAge entry for Aquila chrysaetos
Classification (HAGRID: 00197)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Aquila
- Species
- Aquila chrysaetos
- Common name
- Golden eagle
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 48 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 437
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In captivity, these animals have been reported to live up to 48 years [0437].
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
- 4.9929 W
- Body mass
- 3000.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.001664 W/g
References
- [0061] Monaghan and Metcalfe (2000), Genome size and longevity (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0425] Bennett and Harvey (1987), Active and resting metabolism in birds: allometry, phylogeny and ecology
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0440] New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175407
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8962
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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