TY - JOUR
T1 - Migration routes and timing of European Nightjars (Caprimulgus europaeus) breeding in eastern Mongolia
AU - Lathouwers, Michiel
AU - Nussbaumer, Raphaël
AU - Liechti, Felix
AU - Davaasuren, Batmunkh
AU - Artois, Tom
AU - Beenaerts, Natalie
AU - Dendoncker, Nicolas
AU - Ulenaers, Eddy
AU - Evens, Ruben
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank C. Kowalczyk and S. Bayrgur for help during fieldwork. K. Robert, G. Flipkens, M. Evens, K. Thijs, A. Loenders, K. Vanmarcke, and Fien and Fleur Evens for support. RE wishes to thank Dr. Bart Kempenaers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology for his financial and intellectual support. This project was supported by the FWO (12T3922N; K216419N) and the King Leopold III Fund. The Swiss federal office for environment contributed financial support for the development of the data loggers (UTF-Nr. 254, 332, 363, 400).
Funding Information:
ML was funded by a BOF-mandate at Hasselt University and University of Namur (R-9983). This project was supported by the FWO (12T3922N; K216419N), the King Leopold III Fund. The Swiss federal office for environment contributed financial support for the development of the data loggers (UTF-Nr. 254, 332, 363, 400).
Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank C. Kowalczyk and S. Bayrgur for help during fieldwork. K. Robert, G. Flipkens, M. Evens, K. Thijs, A. Loenders, K. Vanmarcke, and Fien and Fleur Evens for support. RE wishes to thank Dr. Bart Kempenaers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology for his financial and intellectual support. This project was supported by the FWO (12T3922N; K216419N) and the King Leopold III Fund. The Swiss federal office for environment contributed financial support for the development of the data loggers (UTF-Nr. 254, 332, 363, 400).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft e.V.
PY - 2022/7/2
Y1 - 2022/7/2
N2 - The phenology and routes of long-distance migrations of European Nightjars are well described for Western European individuals migrating within the East Atlantic and Mediterranean flyways, while little is known about populations from other parts of the Eurasian breeding range. We describe the route choice and timing of European Nightjars breeding in eastern Mongolia, migrating within the Asia–East Africa flyway to reach wintering destinations in South-East Africa. After covering about 15,000 km during autumn migration, Mongolian nightjars arrived 1 month later in their wintering grounds compared to nightjars breeding in Western Europe. A similar difference was also observed in the timing of their arrival back at their respective breeding grounds illustrating the differences in timing of migration events between the two populations. We identify the steppes of Central Asia and the savannah of the Horn of Africa and Eastern Africa as key stopover zones for nightjars associated with the crossing of an ecological barrier formed by the deserts and mountains of the Iranian Plateau and the Arabian Peninsula.
AB - The phenology and routes of long-distance migrations of European Nightjars are well described for Western European individuals migrating within the East Atlantic and Mediterranean flyways, while little is known about populations from other parts of the Eurasian breeding range. We describe the route choice and timing of European Nightjars breeding in eastern Mongolia, migrating within the Asia–East Africa flyway to reach wintering destinations in South-East Africa. After covering about 15,000 km during autumn migration, Mongolian nightjars arrived 1 month later in their wintering grounds compared to nightjars breeding in Western Europe. A similar difference was also observed in the timing of their arrival back at their respective breeding grounds illustrating the differences in timing of migration events between the two populations. We identify the steppes of Central Asia and the savannah of the Horn of Africa and Eastern Africa as key stopover zones for nightjars associated with the crossing of an ecological barrier formed by the deserts and mountains of the Iranian Plateau and the Arabian Peninsula.
KW - Asia–East Africa flyway
KW - Bird migration
KW - Ecological barrier
KW - Light-level geolocation
KW - Long-distance migrant
KW - Stopover site
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U2 - 10.1007/s10336-022-02000-4
DO - 10.1007/s10336-022-02000-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133258437
SN - 2193-7192
VL - 163
SP - 881
EP - 890
JO - Journal of Ornithology
JF - Journal of Ornithology
IS - 4
ER -