Lifespan, longevity, and ageing
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Maximum longevity: 32.7 years (wild)
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- cc-by-3.0
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- Joao Pedro de Magalhaes
- editor
- de Magalhaes, J. P.
Description
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Length: (excluding streamers) 46-50 cm. Colour: adult white with a pink wash; a black crescent through the eye and black outer webs on the base of the primaries; tail streamers red; bill red or orange; feet and legs red with black webs; immature heavily barred black on back, no streamers, bill black. Habitat: open ocean. (<313><318>). Distribution: open ocean off the whole eastern African coast
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- WoRMS Editorial Board
- bibliographic citation
- Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
- contributor
- Lorna Depew [email]
