Migration of Honey-buzzards Pernis apivorus based on satellite tracking

Higuchi, Hiroyoshi; Shiu, Hau-Jie; Nakamura, Hiroshi; Uematsu, A.; Kuno, K.; Saeki, Motoko; Hotta, Masanobu; Tokita, Ken-ichi; Moriya, Emiko; Morishita, Emiko; Tamura, Masayuki

doi:10.2326/osj.4.109

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“…A plausible explanation is that Beijing is on a route different from those taken by the mass migrations of Chinese Sparrow Hawk, Japanese Sparrow Hawk and Eastern Red-footed Falcon. The direction of the route agrees with the satellite-traced results of the Oriental Honey Buzzard (Higuchi et al, 2005). However, these traced individual birds passed the northern China Plain following a route far to the south of Beijing.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…This trend is mainly due to the oscillation of the last wave of the Oriental Honey Buzzard during middle or late May. Judged from the coincidence of the phenology of the Oriental Honey Buzzard reported by Higuchi (2005), these honey buzzards are probably from the breeding population in Japan. However, further evidence is required to confirm the origin of the first wave of honey buzzards occurring in early May.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…All observed migrants in Southeast Asia follow the corridor referred to as the "East Asian Flyway", which stretches from eastern Siberia to Sunda Islands. However, the condition in the northern half of this corridor is little known, except for the route originating from Japan, which follows the Japan-Taiwan-South China or South China Sea flyway (Ellis et al, 1990;Lin, 1998;Higuchi et al, 2005;Shiu et al, 2006;Agostini, 2007). Cooperative studies from organizations, such as ARRCN (the Asian Raptor Research and Conservation Network), also are engaged in long term monitoring at several locations.…”

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Raptor migration monitoring in the spring of 2009 at Baiwangshan, Beijing

Wen¹,

Han²

2013

CHINESE BIRDS

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Following a series of surveys since 2003, a full-seasonal raptor count was undertaken at Baiwangshan, a mountain in the vicinity of Beijing, from 6 March to 22 May 2009, when 3802 individual birds of 23 species were recorded. Four species, i.e., Oriental Honey Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus), Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo), Eurasian Sparrow Hawk (Accipiter nisus) and Gray-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus) together accounted for up 90% of the total and P. ptilorhynchus alone for 70%. Raptor passage of such magnitude and diversity at an inland site in China was unheard of up to then. As well, 113 other migrants were recorded at the site during this period, including 24 water birds, 74 passerines and 15 others (cuckoos, owls and other migrants).

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Raptor migration monitoring in the spring of 2009 at Baiwangshan, Beijing

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Han²

2013

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“…Indeed, the 1,500 km journey observed in 2009 is, to our knowledge, one of the longest successful non-stop open water journeys ever reported for a raptor. Some species, such as the Merlin (Falco colombarius), have shown to be able to perform successfully an overwater flight of about 1,000 km from Iceland to Great Britain (Bildstein 2006), and a juvenile Oriental honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus) was tracked from Japan to China (Higuchi et al 2005).…”

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Weather conditions promote route flexibility during open ocean crossing in a long-distance migratory raptor

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Weather conditions are paramount in shaping birds' migratory routes, promoting the evolution of behavioural plasticity and allowing for adaptive decisions on when to depart or stop during migration. Here, we describe and analyze the influence of weather conditions in shaping the sea-crossing stage of the pre-breeding journey made by a long-distance migratory bird, the Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae), tracked by satellite telemetry from the wintering grounds in the Southern Hemisphere to the breeding sites in the Northern Hemisphere. As far as we know, the data presented here are the first report of repeated oceanic journeys of the same individuals in consecutive years. Our results show inter-annual variability in the routes followed by Eleonora's falcons when crossing the Strait of Mozambique, between Madagascar and eastern continental Africa. Interestingly, our observations illustrate that individuals show high behavioural plasticity and are able to change their migration route from one year to another in response to weather conditions, thus minimising the risk of long ocean crossing by selecting winds blowing towards Africa for departure and changing the routes to avoid low pressure areas en route. Our results suggest that weather conditions can really act as obstacles during migration, and thus, besides ecological barriers, the migratory behaviour of birds could also be shaped by "meteorological barriers". We briefly discuss orientation mechanisms used for navigation. Since environmental conditions during migration could cause carry-over effects, we consider that forecasting how global changes of weather patterns will shape the behaviour of migratory birds is of the utmost importance.

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“…Eleven bar-headed geese (numbers 82086, 67695, 82079, 82084, 82080, 82085, 82082, 82081, 82076, 74901, 74902) with continuous tracking data available through the autumn migration were selected for the analysis. They were tracked on their 2008 autumn migration from Qinghai Lake to their wintering grounds, and their migration was compared to other birds such as red-crowned cranes (Grus japonensis) [16] and Honey-buzzards (Pernis apivorus) [17].…”

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Tracking the Autumn Migration of the Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) with Satellite Telemetry and Relationship to Environmental Conditions

Zhang

Hao

Takekawa

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International Journal of Zoology

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The autumn migration routes of bar-headed geese captured before the 2008 breeding season at Qinghai Lake, China, were documented using satellite tracking data. To assess how the migration strategies of bar-headed geese are influenced by environmental conditions, the relationship between migratory routes, temperatures, and vegetation coverage at stopovers sites estimated with the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were analyzed. Our results showed that there were four typical migration routes in autumn with variation in timing among individuals in start and end times and in total migration and stopover duration. The observed variation may be related to habitat type and other environmental conditions along the routes. On average, these birds traveled about 1300 to 1500 km, refueled at three to six stopover sites and migrated for 73 to 83 days. The majority of the habitat types at stopover sites were lake, marsh, and shoal wetlands, with use of some mountainous regions, and farmland areas.

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Migration of Honey-buzzards Pernis apivorus based on satellite tracking

Cited by 42 publications

References 22 publications

Raptor migration monitoring in the spring of 2009 at Baiwangshan, Beijing

Raptor migration monitoring in the spring of 2009 at Baiwangshan, Beijing

Weather conditions promote route flexibility during open ocean crossing in a long-distance migratory raptor

Tracking the Autumn Migration of the Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) with Satellite Telemetry and Relationship to Environmental Conditions

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