Migration and wintering strategies of a Eurasian Stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus ) continental population, and their conservation implications
The Eurasian Stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus ) is a declining and threatened species, yet its migration and wintering strategies are little documented. Here, we used GPS trackers to collect accurate data on this species’ migration routes, stopovers, flight altitude, and speed, and identified the...
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| author | Emilie Dedeban Pamela Lagrange Alexandre Villers Steve Augiron Damien Chiron Landry Boussac Alexis Martineau Willem Bouten Vincent Bretagnolle |
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| description | The Eurasian Stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus ) is a declining and threatened species, yet its migration and wintering strategies are little documented. Here, we used GPS trackers to collect accurate data on this species’ migration routes, stopovers, flight altitude, and speed, and identified the wintering sites of 32 individuals from a western European population tracked between 2012 and 2020. In a comparison between individuals, we found that they used strikingly different migratory strategies, showing variability in wintering sites (Portugal, Spain, Morocco, or Algeria), stopovers (number, location, and duration), and migratory routes, despite the fact that they all belonged to the same breeding population. We also compared individual variability in migratory routes, migration timing, and wintering home range size, and found medium to high repeatability for most parameters. In contrast to many other migrant waders, spring migration in this species was not found to be shorter in duration than autumn migration. Our results provide insights into potential threats that may affect this species in the near future away from its breeding grounds, such as habitat quality or habitat loss in wintering areas because Iberian or Moroccan agriculture is changing very rapidly because of drought. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1e83cf68f25a47b0a95c75d5964ac54c2025-06-30T14:59:02ZengResilience AllianceAvian Conservation and Ecology1712-65682025-06-01201510.5751/ACE-02772-2001052772Migration and wintering strategies of a Eurasian Stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus ) continental population, and their conservation implicationsEmilie Dedeban0Pamela Lagrange1Alexandre Villers2Steve Augiron3Damien Chiron4Landry Boussac5Alexis Martineau6Willem Bouten7Vincent Bretagnolle8CEBC CNRSGroupe Ornithologique des Deux-SèvresOffice Français de la Biodiversité, Direction de la Recherche et de l'Appui Scientifique, Service Conservation et Gestion des Espèces à EnjeuxECOINDSociété d'Études Ornithologiques de La RéunionCentre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS & La Rochelle UniversitéGroupe Ornithologique des Deux-SèvresInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of AmsterdamCEBC CNRSThe Eurasian Stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus ) is a declining and threatened species, yet its migration and wintering strategies are little documented. Here, we used GPS trackers to collect accurate data on this species’ migration routes, stopovers, flight altitude, and speed, and identified the wintering sites of 32 individuals from a western European population tracked between 2012 and 2020. In a comparison between individuals, we found that they used strikingly different migratory strategies, showing variability in wintering sites (Portugal, Spain, Morocco, or Algeria), stopovers (number, location, and duration), and migratory routes, despite the fact that they all belonged to the same breeding population. We also compared individual variability in migratory routes, migration timing, and wintering home range size, and found medium to high repeatability for most parameters. In contrast to many other migrant waders, spring migration in this species was not found to be shorter in duration than autumn migration. Our results provide insights into potential threats that may affect this species in the near future away from its breeding grounds, such as habitat quality or habitat loss in wintering areas because Iberian or Moroccan agriculture is changing very rapidly because of drought.https://www.ace-eco.org/vol20/iss1/art5 burhinus oedicnemus gps trackinghome rangemigrationstopoverswintering |
| spellingShingle | Emilie Dedeban Pamela Lagrange Alexandre Villers Steve Augiron Damien Chiron Landry Boussac Alexis Martineau Willem Bouten Vincent Bretagnolle Migration and wintering strategies of a Eurasian Stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus ) continental population, and their conservation implications Avian Conservation and Ecology burhinus oedicnemus gps tracking home range migration stopovers wintering |
| title | Migration and wintering strategies of a Eurasian Stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus ) continental population, and their conservation implications |
| title_full | Migration and wintering strategies of a Eurasian Stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus ) continental population, and their conservation implications |
| title_fullStr | Migration and wintering strategies of a Eurasian Stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus ) continental population, and their conservation implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Migration and wintering strategies of a Eurasian Stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus ) continental population, and their conservation implications |
| title_short | Migration and wintering strategies of a Eurasian Stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus ) continental population, and their conservation implications |
| title_sort | migration and wintering strategies of a eurasian stone curlew burhinus oedicnemus continental population and their conservation implications |
| topic | burhinus oedicnemus gps tracking home range migration stopovers wintering |
| url | https://www.ace-eco.org/vol20/iss1/art5 |
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