AnAge entry for Loxia curvirostra
Classification (HAGRID: 00769)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Loxia
- Species
- Loxia curvirostra
- Common name
- Red crossbill
- Synonyms
- Loxia curvirostra reai, Loxia curvirostra vividior
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 16.1 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 427
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild these animals may live up to 16.1 years [0427], and they have been reported to live up to 8 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
- 0.6070 W
- Body mass
- 39.4 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.015406 W/g
References
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0425] Bennett and Harvey (1987), Active and resting metabolism in birds: allometry, phylogeny and ecology
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 179259
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 64802
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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