Satelliten-telemetrie beim weißstorch ciconia ciconia: Wanderung eines ost-storchs westlich bis Nigeria

Translated title of the contribution: Satellite-tracking of white storks: Migration of an eastern individual westward as far as Nigeria

Peter Berthold*, Willem Van Den Bossche, Yossi Leshem, Christoph Kaatz, Michael Kaatz, Eugeniusz Nowak, Ulrich Querner

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Abstract

A male White Stork, for the first time equipped with a mini-transmitter operated by a solar battery, was tracked on the eastern migration route from E Germany to central African winter quarters and during part of the return migration, for a total distance of about 10 000 km. The individual moved westward into Nigeria, i. e. into the wintering area of western Storks. Since a number of other eastern Storks were tracked as far as Chad, the possibility is discussed that individuals migrating to central Africa along the eastern or western route may eventually return on the opposite route when attracted to flocks of the population from the other side of the migration divide. Some ringing recoveries are consistent with a U-shaped abmigration.

Translated title of the contributionSatellite-tracking of white storks: Migration of an eastern individual westward as far as Nigeria
Original languageGerman
Pages (from-to)331-334
Number of pages4
JournalJournal fur Ornithologie
Volume138
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1997

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