Loop migration and non-breeding locations of British breeding Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix

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dc.contributor.authorBurgess, Malcolm D.
dc.contributor.authorCastello, Joan
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Tony
dc.contributor.authorHewson, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-22T19:06:42Z
dc.date.available2022-11-22T19:06:42Z
dc.date.issued2022-11-22
dc.description.abstractCapsule: British breeding Wood Warblers Phylloscopus sibilatrix show a clockwise loop migration incorporating stops in southern Europe, the Sahel, and the humid forest zone of West Africa. Aims: To determine autumn and spring migration routes, the location and duration of stopover sites on migration, and the location of non-breeding areas of British breeding Wood Warblers. Methods: In 2016 and 2018 we deployed geolocators to male Wood Warblers on Dartmoor, Devon, and in the New Forest, Hampshire. We retrieved four geolocators from returning birds in 2017, 2019, and 2020. Results: Male Wood Warblers departed breeding sites in late July and stopped for most of August in central southern Europe, crossed the Sahara by a non-stop night and day flight immediately followed by a short stop, and then migrated west to a longer stopover in the Sahel. Final non-breeding destinations were in an area of West Africa covering Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Two were tracked on spring migration, again crossing the Sahara via a non-stop flight before migrating through Western Europe to complete a clockwise loop migration back to Britain. Conclusion: All tracked Wood Warblers used stopovers for at least three weeks in three distinct regions, in central southern Europe, in the Sahel, and in the humid zone of West Africa. Although the limitations of geolocation prevent matching locations with habitat, these regions are broadly characterized by distinct forest or woodland habitat types, which differ from breeding habitat. All four tracks showed similar patterns in route, stopover behaviour, and timings, suggesting they may be representative of males in these breeding populations, and potentially of other British and western European Wood Warbler populations.
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.5441/001/1.kg7732nb/1
dc.identifier.urihttps://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.1556
dc.relation.ispartofdoi:10.5441/001/1.kg7732nb
dc.relation.isreferencedbydoi:10.1080/00063657.2022.2138825
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subjectanimal movement
dc.subjectanimal tracking
dc.subjectavian migration
dc.subjectlight-level logger
dc.subjectPhylloscopus sibilatrix
dc.subjectsolar geolocation
dc.subjectAfro-Palearctic flyway
dc.titleLoop migration and non-breeding locations of British breeding Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
dc.typeDataset
dspace.entity.typeData package
dwc.ScientificNamePhylloscopus sibilatrix
mdr.citation.BibTex
@misc{001/1_kg7732nb/1,
  title = {Loop migration and non-breeding locations of British breeding Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix},
  author = {Burgess, MD and Castello, J and Davis, T and Hewson, C},
  year = {2022},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.kg7732nb/1},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.kg7732nb/1},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
mdr.citation.CSE
Burgess MD, Castello J, Davis T, Hewson C. 2022. Loop migration and non-breeding locations of British breeding Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.kg7732nb/1
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