AnAge entry for Pheucticus melanocephalus
Classification (HAGRID: 00654)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Pheucticus
- Species
- Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Common name
- Black-headed grosbeak
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 25 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 445
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Maximum longevity from banding studies was 11.9 years [0818]. One specimen lived 25 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
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0818] Blumstein and Moller (2008), Is sociality associated with high longevity in North American birds? (PubMed)
- [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 179140
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 371919
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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