Return migration of Common Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) between breeding grounds in Hungary and wintering grounds in Africa as documented by non-PTT GPS technology

Miklós Bán; Csaba Moskát; Attila Fülöp; Márk E. Hauber

doi:10.1007/s10336-017-1508-x

Return migration of Common Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) between breeding grounds in Hungary and wintering grounds in Africa as documented by non-PTT GPS technology

Miklós Bán, Csaba Moskát, Attila Fülöp, Márk E. Hauber

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We tagged 12 adult Common Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) with non-platform terminal transmitter (non-PTT) GPS-UHF telemetry at their breeding grounds in Hungary. One male and two female Cuckoos (one of them twice) were again observed in subsequent years, and GPS fixes documented their migration routes to and from Africa, as far south as Namibia. All four routes showed the species-typical clockwise loop migration. Although currently non-PPT GPS tracking with remotely downloadable data as an ornithological method is primarily suitable to map home ranges of birds, it could be a complement to PTT technology in migration research, especially for delivery of higher spatial accuracy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	337-344
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Ornithology
Volume	159
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-017-1508-x
State	Published - Apr 1 2018

Keywords

Common cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
Migration
Non-platform terminal transmitter GPS

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Animal Science and Zoology

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