AnAge entry for Grus americana
Classification (HAGRID: 00603)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Gruidae
Genus: Grus
- Species
- Grus americana
- Common name
- Whooping crane
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 40 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 445
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
On average, these animals live little over 20 years [0437]. They have been estimated to live up to 22-30 years in the wild. In captivity, they can live up to 35-40 years and one 31 year-old male specimen could still reproduce [0445].
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
- [0316] Link et al. (2003), Demographic analysis from summaries of an age-structured population (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 176176
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9117
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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