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GPS tracking reveals stunning insights into the patterns of migratory birds

Aeon | a world of ideas
This documentary from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in New York captures one such effort to track the species Numenius phaeopus, or the common whimbrel.
1 month ago

"Drastic changes" could occur in bird life

Iceland Monitor
There are indications that there is a considerable decline in the number of common species of waders and shore birds in the South og Iceland.
1 month ago

GPS-tagged whimbrel captured on camera by birdwatchers in Chhattisgarh

Deccan Herald
As per information accessed by bird watchers, the whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) was captured for the first time on November 16 last year in...
6 months ago

Chhattisgarh gets a rare sighting of GPS-tagged long-distance migratory bird ‘whimbrel’

The New Indian Express
The whimbrel was photographed by bird watchers Himanshu Gupta, Jageshwar Verma and Avinash Bhoi in Berla.
6 months ago

Faster migration in autumn than in spring: seasonal migration patterns and non-breeding distribution of Icelandic whimbrels Numenius phaeopus islandicus

Wiley Online Library
Migration is fundamental in the life of many birds and entails significant energetic and time investments. Given the importance of arrival...
72 months ago

Whimbrel

A-Z Animals
Prey: Small crabs and invertebrates, including insects; Fun Fact: The fastidious whimbrel sometimes washes off its prey before it eats it.
30 months ago

Trackers reveal how young Whimbrel perform their first migration

BirdGuides
Researchers have built on our understanding of Whimbrel migration by fitting 13 young birds with GPS trackers in an effort to reveal how...
10 months ago

Whither Went the Eskimo Curlew?

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
This lanky, medium-sized, mottled brown shorebird with a decurved bill once darkened the skies with its migrations across the North American continent.
26 months ago

Population genomics of two congeneric Palaearctic shorebirds reveals differential impacts of Quaternary climate oscillations across habitats types

Nature
Here we compared biogeographic patterns of two Palaearctic shorebirds with different habitat preferences, Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) and Eurasian curlew (N....
60 months ago

Linking Weather and Phenology to Stopover Dynamics of a Long-Distance Migrant

Frontiers
We investigated how wind conditions, temperature and spring departure date may drive individuals to adopt either migratory behavior.
54 months ago