Alternate non-stop migration strategies of pied flycatchers to cross the Sahara desert

Repeatability in Spring Arrival Dates in Pied Flycatchers Varies Among Years and Sexes

(2016) Christiaan Both et al.   ARDEA

Barrier crossing in small avian migrants: individual tracking reveals prolonged nocturnal flights into the day as a common migratory strategy

(2016) Peter Adamík et al.   Scientific Reports

Transoceanic migration by a 12 g songbird

(2015) W. V. DeLuca et al.   Biology Letters

Light-level geolocators reveal migratory connectivity in European populations of pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

(2015) J. Ouwehand et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Fat, weather, and date affect migratory songbirds’ departure decisions, routes, and time it takes to cross the Gulf of Mexico

(2015) Jill L. Deppe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cross-hemisphere migration of a 25 g songbird

(2012) F. Bairlein et al.   Biology Letters

Orientation of passerine trans-Sahara migrants: the directional shift (‘Zugknick’) reconsidered for free-flying birds

(2011) Felix Liechti et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Numbers, foraging and refuelling of passerine migrants at a stopover site in the western Sahara: diverse strategies to cross a desert

(2011) Susanne Jenni-Eiermann et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Trans-Sahara migrants select flight altitudes to minimize energy costs rather than water loss

(2009) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

AUTUMN AND SPRING WEIGHTS OF SOME PALAEARCTIC MIGRANTS IN CENTRAL NIGERIA

(2008) V. W. Smith   IBIS