Contrasting extreme long‐distance migration patterns in bar‐tailed godwits Limosa lapponica

• Published in: Journal of Avian Biology
• Main Authors: Battley, Phil F., Warnock, Nils, Tibbitts, T. Lee, Gill, Robert E., Piersma, Theunis, Hassell, Chris J., Douglas, David C., Mulcahy, Daniel M., Gartrell, Brett D., Schuckard, Rob, Melville, David S., Riegen, Adrian C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; New Siberian Islands; New Zealand; Pacific; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048x.2011.05473.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-048X.2011.05473.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05473.x

Migrating birds make the longest non‐stop endurance flights in the animal kingdom. Satellite technology is now providing direct evidence on the lengths and durations of these flights and associated staging episodes for individual birds. Using this technology, we compared the migration performance of...