AnAge entry for Fringilla coelebs
Classification (HAGRID: 00756)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Fringilla
- Species
- Fringilla coelebs
- Common name
- Chaffinch
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 29 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen reportedly lived to the age of 29 [0001].
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
- 0.3730 W
- Body mass
- 21.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.017762 W/g
References
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0061] Monaghan and Metcalfe (2000), Genome size and longevity (PubMed)
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [0510] Reynolds and Lee (1996), Phylogenetic analysis of avian energetics: passerines and non-passerines do not differ
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 179168
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 37598
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