AnAge entry for Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Classification (HAGRID: 00697)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
            Order: Passeriformes
                Family: Corvidae
                    Genus: Pyrrhocorax
Species: Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Common name: Red-billed chough

Maximum longevity: 20.3 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 575
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: In a 20-year study in the wild, reproductive performance first improved with age and then declined amongst females, the latter possibly caused by reproductive senescence [0801].

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

No information on metabolism is available.

[0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
[0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
[0801] Reid et al. (2003), Age-specific reproductive performance in red-billed choughs Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax: patterns and processes in a natural population
[0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
[0575] Flower (1938), Furter notes on the duration of life in animals. IV. Birds