I think I recall someone asking a little while ago a question concerning
longevity of Australian birds.
For those interested in this the following has been extracted from the
Australian Bird Study Association website - http://www.absa.asn.au/
Details of the longest recovered movements for these species is also
given.
It is important not to confuse longevity of these banded birds with
average lifespan. These are very different things. Just as some humans
can live long past the average life expectancy so can some birds.
Australian birds tend to live much longer than comparable northern
hemisphere birds.
David Geering
Magpie Goose 24.10 yrs 450km
Black Swan 24.8 yrs 966km
Cape Barron Goose 18.0 yrs 290km
Aust. Shelduck 13.1yrs 940km
Pacific Black Duck 15.5yrs 1424 km
Grey Teal 31.8yrs 3170km
Short-tailed Shearwater 37.9yrs 12713km
Wandering Albatross 39.1yrs 12398km
Little Eagle 25.11yrs 580km
Brown Falcon 18.0yrs 2047km
Red-necked Stint 18.1yrs 12491km
Curlew Sandpiper 18.1yrs 11812km
Red-capped Plover 20.11yrs 837km
Silver Gull 28.8yrs 2186km
Crested Tern 30.2yrs 1935km
Bar-shouldered Dove 13.11yrs 38km
Galah 20.4yrs 476km
Rainbow Lorikeet 20.6yrs 63km
White-throated Tree-creeper 15.11 yrs
Brown Tree-creeper 13.11yrs
Superb Fairy-wren 10.5yrs 56km
White-browed Scrub-wren 16.2yrs 30km
Large-billed Scrub-wren 15.3yrs
Brown Thornbill 17.5yrs 4.8km
Striated Thornbill 14.7yrs 1.6km
Little Wattlebird 14.4yrs 37km
Regent Honeyeater 9.11yrs 269km
Lewins Honeyeater 13.0yrs 108km
Yellow-faced Honeyeater 12.1yrs 756km
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater 15.3yrs 21km
Fuscous Honeyeater 14.1km 12km
New Holland Honeyeater 14.5yrs 170km
Scarlet Robin 10.1yrs
Eastern Yellow Robin 12.2yrs
White-browed Babbler 14.5yrs
Eastern Shrike-tit 13.9yrs 3km
Golden Whistler 15.2yrs 201km
Grey Shrike-thrush 12.6yrs 23km
Figbird 16.8yrs 103km
Grey Butcherbird 18.9yrs 10km
Australian Magpie 23.9yrs 16km
Regent Bowerbird 17.2yrs (this bird was in full male plumage when
banded) 7km
Satin Bowerbird 12.5yrs 55km
European Goldfinch 7.0yrs 232km
Red-browed Finch 8.6yrs 42km
Silvereye 10.7yrs 1601km
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