Movements of water rails from Norway-reference-data

dc.contributor.authorLislevand, Terje
dc.contributor.authorHahn, Steffen
dc.contributor.authorRislaa, Sven
dc.contributor.authorBriedis, Martins
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-30T09:10:21Z
dc.date.available2020-11-30T09:10:21Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-30
dc.description.abstractIn water rails Rallus aquaticus, northern and eastern populations are migratory while southern and western populations are sedentary. Few details are known about the annual cycle of this elusive species. We studied movements and breeding in water rails from southernmost Norway where the species occurs year‐round. Colour‐ringed wintering birds occurred only occasionally at the study site in summer, and vice versa. Geolocator tracks revealed that wintering birds (n = 10) migrated eastwards in spring to breed on both sides of the Baltic Sea, whereas a single breeding bird from the study site wintered in N Italy. Ambient light records of geolocator birds further indicated that all but one incubated 2–4 clutches per season. By combining information on incubation and movement, we found evidence for itinerant breeding in three individual birds: After a first breeding attempt (one did not incubate), all moved 129–721 km to breed again. This behaviour is rarely recorded in birds and was unexpected because the water rail is described as monogamous with both parents caring for eggs and chicks. The study greatly improves our knowledge about the annual cycle and reproduction in water rails. However, more studies are warranted to evaluate the generality of our findings and causes of breeding itinerancy.
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.5441/001/1.761jk64n/3
dc.identifier.urihttps://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.1211
dc.relation.ispartofdoi:10.5441/001/1.761jk64n
dc.relation.isreferencedbydoi:10.1111/jav.02595
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subjectanimal movement
dc.subjectanimal tracking
dc.subjectavian migration
dc.subjectgeolocator
dc.subjectincubation
dc.subjectlight-level logger
dc.subjectmigration ecology
dc.subjectRallus aquaticus
dc.subjectwater rails
dc.subjectwetland birds
dc.subjectwintering
dc.titleMovements of water rails from Norway-reference-data
dc.typeDataset
dspace.entity.typeData package
dwc.ScientificNameRallus aquaticus
mdr.citation.BibTex
@misc{001/1_761jk64n/3,
  title = {Movements of water rails from Norway-reference-data},
  author = {Lislevand, T and Hahn, S and Rislaa, S and Briedis, M},
  year = {2020},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.761jk64n/3},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.761jk64n/3},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
mdr.citation.CSE
Lislevand T, Hahn S, Rislaa S, Briedis M. 2020. Movements of water rails from Norway-reference-data. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.761jk64n/3
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AU  - Lislevand, Terje
AU  - Hahn, Steffen
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KW  - animal movement
KW  - animal tracking
KW  - avian migration
KW  - geolocator
KW  - incubation
KW  - light-level logger
KW  - migration ecology
KW  - Rallus aquaticus
KW  - water rails
KW  - wetland birds
KW  - wintering
KW  - Rallus aquaticus
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DO  - doi:10.5441/001/1.761jk64n/3
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