AnAge entry for Megascops asio
Classification (HAGRID: 01349)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Megascops
- Species
- Megascops asio
- Common name
- Eastern screech-owl
- Synonyms
- Otus asio
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 20.7 years
- Source
- Multiple references, please see bibliography below
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Animals in captivity may live up to 20 years. In the wild, the average longevity has been estimated at 3.6 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
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.5860 W
- Body mass
- 166.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.003530 W/g
References
- [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
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 686658
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 81905
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google