AnAge entry for Phalacrocorax auritus
Classification (HAGRID: 01370)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Genus: Phalacrocorax
- Species
- Phalacrocorax auritus
- Common name
- Double-crested cormorant
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 22.5 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 427
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Maximum longevity from banding studies was 22.5 years [0427].
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
- 5.6096 W
- Body mass
- 1330.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.004218 W/g
References
- [0818] Blumstein and Moller (2008), Is sociality associated with high longevity in North American birds? (PubMed)
- [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
- [0427] BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 174717
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 56069
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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