AnAge entry for Cygnus buccinator
Classification (HAGRID: 00293)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Cygnus
- Species
- Cygnus buccinator
- Common name
- Trumpeter swan
- Synonyms
- Olor buccinator
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 32.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
While sexual maturity may occur earlier, breeding normally does not occur before age 4. In the wild, these animals normally do not live over 12 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
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0438] Smithsonian National Zoological Park
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 174992
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 48397
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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