AnAge entry for Geococcyx californianus
Classification (HAGRID: 00539)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Geococcyx
- Species
- Geococcyx californianus
- Common name
- Greater roadrunner
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 445
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Oldest banded individual recovered was 7 years old. One specimen lived 9 years in captivity [0445].
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
- 1.4661 W
- Body mass
- 284.7 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.005150 W/g
References
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0435] McKechnie and Wolf (2004), The allometry of avian basal metabolic rate: good predictions need good data (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [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 177836
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8947
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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