Confirmation of little eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) migration by satellite telemetry
| Autor: | David Roberts, Renee Brawata, Stuart Rae, Bernd Gruber, Samuel F. Reid |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
biology Range (biology) Fauna Biogeography Zoology Woodland Little eagle biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences 010605 ornithology Fishery Zoogeography Animal Science and Zoology Hieraaetus Northern territory Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Australian Journal of Zoology. 66:247 |
| ISSN: | 0004-959X |
| Popis: | The post-breeding migration of an adult male little eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) was followed from south-eastern Australia to the Northern Territory using a GPS satellite transmitter. The bird bred in open woodland habitat on the edge of the city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), before it flew more than 3300km in 18 days, to winter in an area of eucalypt savannah in the Northern Territory. It remained there for 59 days, within a range of ~30km2, after which the last signal was transmitted. The bird was subsequently resighted back in its ACT territory at the end of winter, thus completing a return migration. This is the first confirmation of post-breeding migration for the species. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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