A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Light-level geolocation reveals unexpected migration route from Russia to the Philippines of a Blue-and-white-Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
Authors: Heim Wieland, Antonov Aleksey, Beermann Ilka, Lisovski Simeon, Sander Martha Maria, Hahn Steffen
Publisher: ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN, UNIV TOKYO, SCH AGR
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Ornithological Science
Journal name in source: ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Journal acronym: ORNITHOL SCI
Volume: 21
Issue: 1
First page : 121
Last page: 126
Number of pages: 6
ISSN: 1347-0558
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2326/osj.21.121
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Web address : https://doi.org/10.2326/osj.21.121
East Asian songbirds are known to migrate along two major corridors: from mainland Eurasia via China to South-East Asia, and from Japan and easternmost Russia through chains of islands in the Pacific to Indonesia and the Philippines. We successfully tracked the hitherto unknown migration of a Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana breeding in the Russian Far East. The bird spent five months on Mindoro Island in the Philippines during the non-breeding season and migrated through Taiwan, the Chinese east coast, and the Korean peninsula. Thus, we provide the first direct evidence for songbird migration from mainland Russia to the Philippines.
