Tracking the migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers from nonbreeding grounds at Moorea, French Polynesia, using Pinpoint GPS-Argos tags
We used Pinpoint GPS-Argos tags to track migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers Pluvialis fulva in 2017 and 2018 from Moorea Island, at the extreme southeastern edge of the species’ winter range. Of 20 tagged birds, 13 uploaded locations during all or part of their northward migration. The birds depart...
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ftmontanastateu:oai:scholarworks.montana.edu:1/16430 2023-05-15T15:43:54+02:00 Tracking the migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers from nonbreeding grounds at Moorea, French Polynesia, using Pinpoint GPS-Argos tags Johnson, Oscar W. Tibbitts, T. Lee Weber, Michael F. Bybee, David R. Goodwill, Roger H. Bruner, Andrea E. Smith, Errika J. Buss, Emmalee L. Waddell, Trinity Q. A. Brooks, Daxton C. Smith, Carolyn D. Meyer, Jean-Yves 2020-04 application/pdf https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/16430 en_US eng Johnson, Oscar W., T. Lee Tibbitts, Michael F. Weber, David R. Bybee, Roger H. Goodwill, Andrea E Bruner, Errika J. Smith, et al. “Tracking the Migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers from Nonbreeding Grounds at Moorea, French Polynesia, Using Pinpoint GPS-Argos Tags.” Wader Study 127, no. 1 (February 4, 2020). doi:10.18194/ws.00172. https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/16430 Copyright 2020 Wader Study Article 2020 ftmontanastateu https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00172 2022-06-06T07:25:11Z We used Pinpoint GPS-Argos tags to track migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers Pluvialis fulva in 2017 and 2018 from Moorea Island, at the extreme southeastern edge of the species’ winter range. Of 20 tagged birds, 13 uploaded locations during all or part of their northward migration. The birds departed in mid-April traveling a long (8,250–10,200 km) northwestward track. Ten individuals signaled from Japan, where they stopped over (or ‘staged’) for periods up to about one month. Almost all stopovers were on the island of Honshu, with coordinates indicating inland habitats, most likely rice fields. In May, at least nine of the plovers left Japan on a mid-length (3,200–5,400 km) northeastward track to the Bering Sea region, where one bird reported from a possible nesting site in Kamchatka Krai and eight from traditional breeding grounds (three from Chukotka, five from Alaska). Thereafter, contact with tags was intermittent and gradually lost. We received signals from only two individuals during fall migration; one bird flew 1,600 km southeast from Alaska before its tag ceased transmitting, and the other flew >8,600 km directly southward from its post-breeding site in southwest Alaska and made landfall in Samoa where transmissions ended. Throughout the study, lengthy transoceanic flights appeared to be nonstop, and the annual migratory pathway (though defined by only a single bird in fall) was circular. As we have shown in other studies, Japan emerges as a key stopover site for Pacific Golden-Plovers during northward migration. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Sea Chukotka Kamchatka Alaska Montana State University (MSU): ScholarWorks Bering Sea Kamchatka Krai ENVELOPE(159.000,159.000,55.000,55.000) Pacific Wader Study 127 1 |
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We used Pinpoint GPS-Argos tags to track migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers Pluvialis fulva in 2017 and 2018 from Moorea Island, at the extreme southeastern edge of the species’ winter range. Of 20 tagged birds, 13 uploaded locations during all or part of their northward migration. The birds departed in mid-April traveling a long (8,250–10,200 km) northwestward track. Ten individuals signaled from Japan, where they stopped over (or ‘staged’) for periods up to about one month. Almost all stopovers were on the island of Honshu, with coordinates indicating inland habitats, most likely rice fields. In May, at least nine of the plovers left Japan on a mid-length (3,200–5,400 km) northeastward track to the Bering Sea region, where one bird reported from a possible nesting site in Kamchatka Krai and eight from traditional breeding grounds (three from Chukotka, five from Alaska). Thereafter, contact with tags was intermittent and gradually lost. We received signals from only two individuals during fall migration; one bird flew 1,600 km southeast from Alaska before its tag ceased transmitting, and the other flew >8,600 km directly southward from its post-breeding site in southwest Alaska and made landfall in Samoa where transmissions ended. Throughout the study, lengthy transoceanic flights appeared to be nonstop, and the annual migratory pathway (though defined by only a single bird in fall) was circular. As we have shown in other studies, Japan emerges as a key stopover site for Pacific Golden-Plovers during northward migration. |
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Johnson, Oscar W. Tibbitts, T. Lee Weber, Michael F. Bybee, David R. Goodwill, Roger H. Bruner, Andrea E. Smith, Errika J. Buss, Emmalee L. Waddell, Trinity Q. A. Brooks, Daxton C. Smith, Carolyn D. Meyer, Jean-Yves |
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Johnson, Oscar W. Tibbitts, T. Lee Weber, Michael F. Bybee, David R. Goodwill, Roger H. Bruner, Andrea E. Smith, Errika J. Buss, Emmalee L. Waddell, Trinity Q. A. Brooks, Daxton C. Smith, Carolyn D. Meyer, Jean-Yves Tracking the migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers from nonbreeding grounds at Moorea, French Polynesia, using Pinpoint GPS-Argos tags |
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Johnson, Oscar W. Tibbitts, T. Lee Weber, Michael F. Bybee, David R. Goodwill, Roger H. Bruner, Andrea E. Smith, Errika J. Buss, Emmalee L. Waddell, Trinity Q. A. Brooks, Daxton C. Smith, Carolyn D. Meyer, Jean-Yves |
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Tracking the migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers from nonbreeding grounds at Moorea, French Polynesia, using Pinpoint GPS-Argos tags |
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Tracking the migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers from nonbreeding grounds at Moorea, French Polynesia, using Pinpoint GPS-Argos tags |
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Tracking the migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers from nonbreeding grounds at Moorea, French Polynesia, using Pinpoint GPS-Argos tags |
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Tracking the migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers from nonbreeding grounds at Moorea, French Polynesia, using Pinpoint GPS-Argos tags |
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Tracking the migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers from nonbreeding grounds at Moorea, French Polynesia, using Pinpoint GPS-Argos tags |
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tracking the migration of pacific golden-plovers from nonbreeding grounds at moorea, french polynesia, using pinpoint gps-argos tags |
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Johnson, Oscar W., T. Lee Tibbitts, Michael F. Weber, David R. Bybee, Roger H. Goodwill, Andrea E Bruner, Errika J. Smith, et al. “Tracking the Migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers from Nonbreeding Grounds at Moorea, French Polynesia, Using Pinpoint GPS-Argos Tags.” Wader Study 127, no. 1 (February 4, 2020). doi:10.18194/ws.00172. https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/16430 |
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