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Converging migration routes of Eurasian hobbies Falco subbuteo crossing the African equatorial rain forest.

In English

Författare

  • Roine Strandberg
  • Raymond Klaassen
  • Mikael Hake
  • Patrik Olofsson
  • Thomas Alerstam

Summary, in English

Autumn migration of adult Eurasian hobbies Falco subbuteo from Europe to southern Africa was recorded by satellite telemetry and observed routes were compared with randomly simulated routes. Two non-random features of observed routes were revealed: (i) shifts to more westerly longitudes than straight paths to destinations and (ii) strong route convergence towards a restricted area close to the equator (1 degrees S, 15 degrees E). The birds migrated south or southwest to approximately 10 degrees N, where they changed to south-easterly courses. The maximal spread between routes at 10 degrees N (2134km) rapidly decreased to a minimum (67km) close to the equator. We found a striking relationship between the route convergence and the distribution of continuous rainforest, suggesting that hobbies minimize flight distance across the forest, concentrating in a corridor where habitat may be more suitable for travelling and foraging. With rainforest forming a possible ecological barrier, many migrants may cross the equator either at 15 degrees E, similar to the hobbies, or at 30-40 degrees E, east of the rainforest where large-scale migration is well documented. Much remains to be understood about the role of the rainforest for the evolution and future of the trans-equatorial Palaearctic-African bird migration systems.

Publiceringsår

2009

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

727-733

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences

Volym

276

Issue

1657

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Royal Society Publishing

Ämne

  • Biological Sciences

Nyckelord

  • bird migration
  • route convergence
  • equatorial rainforest
  • ecological barrier
  • Eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1471-2954