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Icelandic Whimbrel first migration: Non‐stop until West Africa, yet later departure and slower travel than adults
Carneiro, C. ; Gunnarsson, T. G.; Kaasiku, T.; Piersma, T.; Alves, J.A. (2024). Icelandic Whimbrel first migration: Non‐stop until West Africa, yet later departure and slower travel than adults. Ibis 166(2): 715-722. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13282

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In: Ibis. British Ornithologists' Union/Wiley: London. ISSN 0019-1019; e-ISSN 1474-919X, more
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Keywords
    Aves [WoRMS]; Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Author keywords
    movement ecology; Numenius phaeopus; ontogeny; shorebird; social learning

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  • Carneiro, C.
  • Gunnarsson, T. G.
  • Kaasiku, T.
  • Piersma, T., more
  • Alves, J.A.

Abstract
    Migratory behaviour in young individuals is probablydeveloped by using a complex suite of resources, frommolecular information to social learning. Comparing themigration of adults and juveniles provides insights into thepossible contribution of those developmental factors tothe ontogeny of migration. We show that, like adults, juve?nile Icelandic Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus islandicus flynon-stop to West Africa, but on average depart later, fol?low less straight paths and stop more after reaching land,resulting in slower travel speeds. We argue how the varia?tion in departure dates, the geographical location of Ice?land and the annual migration routine of this populationmake it a good model to study the ontogeny of migration.

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