AnAge entry for Quelea quelea
Classification (HAGRID: 00945)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Quelea
- Species
- Quelea quelea
- Common name
- Red-billed quelea
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 10 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 994
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Although this is one of the most abundant birds in the world, not much is known about its lifespan. One specimen ringed as an adult was recaptured more than 10 years later [0994].
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
- [0994] Randall et al. (1982), Damara terns Sterna balaenarum breeding on the south eastern Cape coast
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 562669
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 187445
- Entrez
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- Images
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