AnAge entry for Chaetura pelagica
Classification (HAGRID: 00320)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Chaetura
- Species
- Chaetura pelagica
- Common name
- Chimney swift
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 15 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 579
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Few animals live more than 4 years [0444].
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
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0579] Clapp et al. (1983), Longevity records of North American birds: Columbidae through Paridae
- [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 178001
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8897
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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