Whimbrel Tracking in the Americas (aggregated per 1-degree cell) ...

• Main Authors: Pitts, Marie, Satellite Tracking And Analysis Tool
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: OBIS-SEAMAP 2023
• Subjects: Occurrence; Observation; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Northwest Territories; Pacific; Whimbrel; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/t664p7; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/5c508fe3-b4e3-403f-a8b7-1bee24b0a810

Original provider: The Center for Conservation Biology Dataset credits: Data provider Center for Conservation Biology Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Project partner Funding, staff, and additional resources for this project were provided by the following partners: The Nature Conservancy (Virginia and Georgia Chapters), Georgia Department of Natural Resources, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian Wildlife Service, Manomet Center for Conservation Studies, and the Center for Conservation Biology. Abstract: The whimbrel is a large, holarctic, highly migratory shorebird. The North American race includes two disjunct breeding populations both of which winter primarily in Central and South America. The western population breeds in Alaska and the Northwest Territories of Canada. The eastern population breeds south and west of Hudson Bay in Manitoba and Ontario. It has generally been believed that the western population follows a Pacific Coast migration route between breeding and ...