Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea from the Netherlands migrate record distances across three oceans to Wilkes Land, East Antarctica
Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea have an exceptionally long-distance migration, annually travelling back and forth between the Arctic and the Antarctic. Birds from Greenland, Iceland and the USA were recently found to spend most of the non-breeding period in the Weddell Sea, a small part of the large...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:502154 2023-05-15T13:48:07+02:00 Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea from the Netherlands migrate record distances across three oceans to Wilkes Land, East Antarctica Fijn, Ruben C. Hiemstra, Derick Phillips, Richard A. van der Winden, Jan 2013-05 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502154/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502154/1/Ardea1637edited.doc https://doi.org/10.5253/078.101.0102 en eng Netherlands Ornithologists' Union https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502154/1/Ardea1637edited.doc Fijn, Ruben C.; Hiemstra, Derick; Phillips, Richard A.; van der Winden, Jan. 2013 Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea from the Netherlands migrate record distances across three oceans to Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. Ardea, 101 (1). 3-12. https://doi.org/10.5253/078.101.0102 <https://doi.org/10.5253/078.101.0102> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2013 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.5253/078.101.0102 2023-02-04T19:37:08Z Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea have an exceptionally long-distance migration, annually travelling back and forth between the Arctic and the Antarctic. Birds from Greenland, Iceland and the USA were recently found to spend most of the non-breeding period in the Weddell Sea, a small part of the large Antarctic range of Arctic Terns. Based on ring recoveries and sightings of West European Arctic Terns in the Indian Ocean and Australian waters, we expected that terns from The Netherlands (the southern limit of the breeding range) inhabit different Antarctic regions during the non-breeding season to their conspecifics from Greenland. To find out, geolocators were deployed on seven Arctic Terns captured on the nest in 2011 in The Netherlands. All birds were recaptured in 2012 and five devices yielded information on migration routes. The tracked terns spent on average 273 ± 7 days away from The Netherlands, and visited known staging areas in the North Atlantic and the Benguela Current, on both the outward and return journey. Similar tracks were observed in the terns from Greenland. However, hereafter the terns from The Netherlands moved to a previously unknown staging area in the central Indian Ocean, between 20–40°N and 65–100°E, and spent most of the non-breeding season in the Southern Ocean between 35–150°E. One bird migrated as far as New Zealand. Eventually, all five birds spent the austral summer in Wilkes Land, Antarctica, before flying back to the breeding colonies with a small detour to the same North Atlantic staging area they visited on their southward migration. The total travel distance in the course of the non-breeding period was 90,000 ± 2000 km, which substantially exceeds previous estimates for this species. Our study revealed new offshore staging areas and a yet unknown route through three different oceans, the longest bird migration described thus far. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Arctic East Antarctica Greenland Iceland North Atlantic Southern Ocean Sterna paradisaea Weddell Sea Wilkes Land Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Arctic Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Weddell Sea East Antarctica Austral Greenland Indian New Zealand Weddell Wilkes Land ENVELOPE(120.000,120.000,-69.000,-69.000) Detour ENVELOPE(-63.913,-63.913,-65.021,-65.021) Ardea 101 1 3 12 |
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Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea have an exceptionally long-distance migration, annually travelling back and forth between the Arctic and the Antarctic. Birds from Greenland, Iceland and the USA were recently found to spend most of the non-breeding period in the Weddell Sea, a small part of the large Antarctic range of Arctic Terns. Based on ring recoveries and sightings of West European Arctic Terns in the Indian Ocean and Australian waters, we expected that terns from The Netherlands (the southern limit of the breeding range) inhabit different Antarctic regions during the non-breeding season to their conspecifics from Greenland. To find out, geolocators were deployed on seven Arctic Terns captured on the nest in 2011 in The Netherlands. All birds were recaptured in 2012 and five devices yielded information on migration routes. The tracked terns spent on average 273 ± 7 days away from The Netherlands, and visited known staging areas in the North Atlantic and the Benguela Current, on both the outward and return journey. Similar tracks were observed in the terns from Greenland. However, hereafter the terns from The Netherlands moved to a previously unknown staging area in the central Indian Ocean, between 20–40°N and 65–100°E, and spent most of the non-breeding season in the Southern Ocean between 35–150°E. One bird migrated as far as New Zealand. Eventually, all five birds spent the austral summer in Wilkes Land, Antarctica, before flying back to the breeding colonies with a small detour to the same North Atlantic staging area they visited on their southward migration. The total travel distance in the course of the non-breeding period was 90,000 ± 2000 km, which substantially exceeds previous estimates for this species. Our study revealed new offshore staging areas and a yet unknown route through three different oceans, the longest bird migration described thus far. |
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Fijn, Ruben C. Hiemstra, Derick Phillips, Richard A. van der Winden, Jan Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea from the Netherlands migrate record distances across three oceans to Wilkes Land, East Antarctica |
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Fijn, Ruben C. Hiemstra, Derick Phillips, Richard A. van der Winden, Jan |
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Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea from the Netherlands migrate record distances across three oceans to Wilkes Land, East Antarctica |
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Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea from the Netherlands migrate record distances across three oceans to Wilkes Land, East Antarctica |
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Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea from the Netherlands migrate record distances across three oceans to Wilkes Land, East Antarctica |
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Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea from the Netherlands migrate record distances across three oceans to Wilkes Land, East Antarctica |
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Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea from the Netherlands migrate record distances across three oceans to Wilkes Land, East Antarctica |
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arctic terns sterna paradisaea from the netherlands migrate record distances across three oceans to wilkes land, east antarctica |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502154/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502154/1/Ardea1637edited.doc https://doi.org/10.5253/078.101.0102 |
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ENVELOPE(120.000,120.000,-69.000,-69.000) ENVELOPE(-63.913,-63.913,-65.021,-65.021) |
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Arctic Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Weddell Sea East Antarctica Austral Greenland Indian New Zealand Weddell Wilkes Land Detour |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Arctic East Antarctica Greenland Iceland North Atlantic Southern Ocean Sterna paradisaea Weddell Sea Wilkes Land |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Arctic East Antarctica Greenland Iceland North Atlantic Southern Ocean Sterna paradisaea Weddell Sea Wilkes Land |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502154/1/Ardea1637edited.doc Fijn, Ruben C.; Hiemstra, Derick; Phillips, Richard A.; van der Winden, Jan. 2013 Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea from the Netherlands migrate record distances across three oceans to Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. Ardea, 101 (1). 3-12. https://doi.org/10.5253/078.101.0102 <https://doi.org/10.5253/078.101.0102> |
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