Seasonal variation in migration routes of Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F25%3A73634015" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/25:73634015 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-024-02204-w" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-024-02204-w</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-024-02204-w" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10336-024-02204-w</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Seasonal variation in migration routes of Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Original language description
Although geolocator tracking of small passerines has become commonplace in the last two decades, this tool is still underutilized for gathering natural history data of migration in many species. Common Whitethroat (Curruca communis) is one of the most numerous Afro-Palearctic migrants. However, our knowledge of the species’ migration ecology remains limited. Here, we combine ring-recovery analyses with geolocator tracking to describe migration routes and population-specific non-breeding areas in this long-distance migrant. Linkages between breeding, passage and non-breeding areas based on ring-recovery records revealed a strong correlation in longitudes, indicating parallel migration system and population-specific non-breeding grounds in whitethroats. Migration route simulation using EURING data suggested a possible migratory divide in Central Europe in autumn, while broad front migration across the Mediterranean occurs in spring. Geolocator-tracked whitethroats from Czechia (Central Europe) and Latvia (North-eastern Europe) migrated to non-breeding sites in Central Africa, where they first resided in the Sahel region before moving farther to a second non-breeding site in November/December. Major stopovers were associated with crossing of ecological barriers. A single Latvian bird with a repeat track showed similar migration patterns in both years, possibly visiting the same non-breeding sites in consecutive years. Both ringing and tracking data revealed clockwise loop migration between breeding and non-breeding sites.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10615 - Ornithology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-00648S" target="_blank" >GA20-00648S: Integrating migration patterns, phenology, year-round habitat use and demography to understand drivers of population dynamics in migratory birds</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY
ISSN
2193-7192
e-ISSN
2193-7206
Volume of the periodical
166
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
29-38
UT code for WoS article
001292632600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85201381683