Transoceanic migration by a 12 g songbird

被引：132

作者：

DeLuca, William V. ^{[1
]}

Woodworth, Bradley K. ^{[2
]}

Rimmer, Christopher C. ^{[3
]}

Marra, Peter P. ^{[4
]}

Taylor, Philip D. ^{[5
]}

McFarland, Kent P. ^{[3
]}

Mackenzie, Stuart A. ^{[6
]}

Norris, D. Ryan ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Environm Conservat, Amherst, MA 01003 USA

[2] Univ Guelph, Dept Integrat Biol, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada

[3] Vermont Ctr Ecostudies, Norwich, VT 05055 USA

[4] Smithsonian Conservat Biol Inst, Migratory Bird Ctr, Natl Zool Pk, Washington, DC 20008 USA

[5] Acadia Univ, Dept Biol, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada

[6] Bird Studies Canada, Long Point Bird Observ, Port Rowan, ON N0E1M0, Canada

来源：

BIOLOGY LETTERS | 2015年 / 11卷 / 04期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

关键词：

Atlantic Ocean; blackpoll warbler; geolocator; Setophaga striata; BLACKPOLL WARBLERS; AUTUMN MIGRATION; ROUTE;

D O I：

10.1098/rsbl.2014.1045

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Many fundamental aspects of migration remain a mystery, largely due to our inability to follow small animals over vast spatial areas. For more than 50 years, it has been hypothesized that, during autumn migration, blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata) depart northeastern North America and undertake a non-stop flight over the Atlantic Ocean to either the Greater Antilles or the northeastern coast of South America. Using miniaturized light-level geolocators, we provide the first irrefutable evidence that the blackpoll warbler, a 12 g boreal forest songbird, completes an autumn transoceanic migration ranging from 2270 to 2770 km (mean +/- s.d.: 2540 +/- 257) and requiring up to 3 days (62 h +/- 10) of non-stop flight. This is one of the longest non-stop overwater flights recorded for a songbird and confirms what has long been believed to be one of the most extraordinary migratory feats on the planet.

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