AnAge entry for Phoebastria irrorata
Classification (HAGRID: 01129)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Genus: Phoebastria
- Species
- Phoebastria irrorata
- Common name
- Waved albatross
- Synonyms
- Diomedea irrorata
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 40 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals, though they have been estimated to live up to 40 years in the wild [0001].
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
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 562021
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 54022
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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