Autumn migration of robins (Erithacus rubecula) in Hungary

Gyimóthy, Zsuzsa; Gyurácz, József; Bank, László; Bánhidi, Péter; Farkas, Roland; Németh, Ákos; Csörgő, Tibor

doi:10.2478/s11756-011-0039-9

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“…According to the recoveries of birds ringed in Tömörd and other Hungarian sites, the Hungarian Common Blackbird and Song Thrush populations winter mostly on the Apennine Peninsula (Csörgõ and Gyurácz 2009b,c). The autumn migration dynamics of European Robins in Tömörd and four other Hungarian ringing sites did not differ significantly from each other (Gyimóthy et al 2011). Based on the estimated time of 10% capture, it may be concluded that juvenile birds started their migration as early as the end of August or the beginning of September, while the migration of adults began later, in mid-September or early October, at the ringing stations in Hungary.…”

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Bird number dynamics during the post-breeding period at the Tömörd Bird Ringing Station, western Hungary

Gyurácz

Bánhidi²,

Góczán³

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The Ring

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Gyurácz J., Bánhidi P., Góczán J., Illés P., Kalmár S., Koszorús P., Lukács Z., Németh C. and Varga L. 2017. Bird number dynamics during the post-breeding period at the Tömörd Bird Ringing Station, western Hungary. Ring 39: 23-82.The fieldwork, i.e. catching and ringing birds using mist-nets, was conducted at Tömörd Bird Ringing Station in western Hungary during the post-breeding migration seasons in 1998-2016. Altogether, 106,480 individuals of 133 species were ringed at the station. The aim of this paper was to publish basic information on passerine migration at this site. Migration phenology was described through annual and daily capture frequencies. Furthermore, we provide the median date of the passage, the date of the earliest or latest capture, the peak migration season within the study period, and the countries where the birds monitored at the site were ringed or recovered abroad. To compare the catching dynamics for the fifty species with total captures greater than 200, a reference period was defined: from 5 Aug. to 5 Nov. 2001-2016. Some non-passerines that are more easily caught with mist-nets or that are caught occasionally were listed as well. The two superdominant species, the European Robin and the Eurasian Blackcap, with 14,377 and 13,926 total captures, made up 27% of all ringed individuals. Among the fifty species analysed, there were ten species with a decreasing trend, five species with an increasing trend and thirty-five species with a stable (or uncertain) trend in their numbers from 2001 to 2016. The temporal pattern of migration of long-distance migrants was different from that of the mediumand short-distance migratory species.

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Bird number dynamics during the post-breeding period at the Tömörd Bird Ringing Station, western Hungary

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Góczán³

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“…Usually the migratory passerines seem to use wider habitat during stopovers compared to breeding period, behaving as generalists in the habitat selection (Barlein 1983, Vega Rivera et al 2003, Chernetsov 2006gary during autumn migration but the most Robins occurred in stopover sites surrounding forest and bushy areas (Gyimóthy et al 2011a). The abundance -dependent shift of habitat selection was found only in Great tit.…”

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Local abundance and spatial distribution of some migratory birds during post-breeding period

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Kalmár²,

Baráth³

2012

Ornis Hungarica

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The local abundance and spatial distribution of the short- to medium-distance migratory and daytime stopover passerines (Robin Erithacus rubecula, Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla, Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita, Blue tit Parus caeruleus, Great tit P. major) were studied in a West Hungarian stopover ground during post-breeding season. The dispergation index of all migratory bird species revealed clumped distribution both in „smallest annual capture year” (abb. SACY) and the „largest annual capture year” (abb. LACY). According to the PCA the spatial occurrences of Blackcap, Blue tit and Great tit captured in LACY showed significantly higher concentration than of those migrating in SACY. The studied species appeared in all four habitats (bushy, forest, grassland, marsh) of the study stopover area, but their clumped spatial distribution showed habitat preference. The abundance-dependent shift of habitat selection was found only in Great tit, the most of them captured in SACY concentrated in grassland with bushy, while the ones captured in LACY grouped in forest habitat type. Blackcaps were grouped the grassland with bushes habitat type where many Dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus) bushes were available during autumn migration.

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“…The species is protected in Hungary (BirdLife Hungary 2018). Robin is one of the most common migrants from March to mid-April in spring and from September until mid-November in autumn (Antli & Németh 1998, Hadarics & Zalai 2008, Gyurácz & Csörgő 2009, Gyimóthy et al 2011b). The autumn migration has one wave, the breeding population depart until the middle of September and use south-western and south-eastern ways to the wintering areas (BirdLife Hungary 2018).…”

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“…The majority of the Hungarian breeding birds leave the Carpathian Basin and use south-western (and winters in the Apennine Peninsula and on the surrounding islands) and south-eastern ways to the wintering area by mid-September (BirdLife Hungary 2018). Autumn passage migration peaks in late September to early October in Hungary (Gyurácz et al 2008, Gyimóthy et al 2011b. The stopover duration is 4-9 days on average (Gyimóthy et al 2011b).…”

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Exploratory analyses ofmigration timing andmorphometrics of the European Robin(Erithacus rubecula)

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Ornithological studies often rely on long-term bird ringing data sets as sources of information. However, basic descriptive statistics of raw data are rarely provided. In order to fill this gap, here we present the sixth item of a series of exploratory analyses of migration timing and body size measurements of the most frequent passerine species at a ringing station located in Central Hungary (1984–2017). First, we give a concise description of foreign ring recoveries of the European Robin in relation to Hungary. We then shift focus to data of 40,128 ringed and 11,231 recaptured individuals with 24,056 recaptures (several years recaptures in 313 individuals) derived from the ringing station, where birds have been trapped, handled and ringed with standardized methodology since 1984. Timing is described through annual and daily capture and recapture frequencies and their descriptive statistics. We show annual mean arrival dates within the study period and present the cumulative distributions of first captures with stopover durations. We present the distributions of wing, third primary, tail length and body mass, and the annual means of these variables. Furthermore, we show the distributions of individual fat and muscle scores, and the distributions of body mass within each fat score category.We distinguish the spring and autumn migratory periods and age groups (i.e. juveniles and adults). Our aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of the analysed variables. However, we do not aim to interpret the obtained results, merely to draw attention to interesting patterns that may be worth exploring in detail. Data used here are available upon request for further analyses.

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Autumn migration of robins (Erithacus rubecula) in Hungary

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

Bird number dynamics during the post-breeding period at the Tömörd Bird Ringing Station, western Hungary

Bird number dynamics during the post-breeding period at the Tömörd Bird Ringing Station, western Hungary

Local abundance and spatial distribution of some migratory birds during post-breeding period

Exploratory analyses ofmigration timing andmorphometrics of the European Robin(Erithacus rubecula)

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