The Biology of Senescence 



TABLE I 



MAXIMUM RECORDED LONGEVITIES IN 45 SPECIES OF BIRD 



(Flower, 1938) 



Eagle owl (Bubo bubo) 



Greater sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) 



Bateleur Eagle (Terathopsius ecaudatus) 



Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis vasa) 



Condor (Vultur gryphus) 



White Pelican (Pelicanus onocrotalus) 



Grey Parrot (Psittacus erythacus) 



Golden-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata) 



Australian Crane (Megalornis rubicunda) 



Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) 



Adalbert's Eagle (Aquila adalberti) 



Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) 



Grey Crane (Megalornis grus) 



Leadbeater's Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri) 



Caracara (Polyborus tharus) 



Chilean Eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus) 



White-tailed Eagle (Haliaetus albicillus) 



Sarus Crane (Megalornis antigone) 



Rough-billed Pelican (Pelicanus erythrorhynchos) 



Manchurian Crane (Megalornis japonensis) 



Asiatic White Crane (M. leucogeranus) 



Herring gull (Larus argentatus) 



Banksian Cockatoo (Calyptorrhynchus banksii) 



Bare-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua gymnopis) 



Western slender-billed Cockatoo (Licmetis pastinator) 



Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax) 



King Vulture (Sarcorhamphus papa) 



Ceylon Fish Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis) 



Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) 



Red-and-blue Macaw (Ara macao) 



Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) 



American Crane (Megalornis americana) 



Californian Condor (Pseudogryphus californianus) 



Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) 



Domestic goose (Anser anser domesticus) 



Slender-billed Cockatoo (Licmetis tenuirostris) 



Canadian Goose (Branta canadensis) 



Orange-winged Parrot (Amazona amazonica) 



Roseate Cockatoo (Cacatua roseicapilla) 



Domestic Pigeon (Columba livia domestica) 



Domestic Dove (Streptopelia risoria) 



Emu (Dromiceius novae-hollandiae) 



Ostrich (Struthio camelus) 



Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) 



Crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata) 



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