AnAge entry for Tachybaptus ruficollis
Classification (HAGRID: 01124)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae
Genus: Tachybaptus
- Species
- Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common name
- Little grebe
- Synonyms
- Podiceps ruficollis, Colymbus ruficollis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17.5 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
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
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [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)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 563259
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 100828
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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