The Gap of Chad, a Dearth of Migratory Birds in the Central Sahel

First insights into migration routes and nonbreeding sites used by Red-rumped Swallows (Cecropis daurica rufula) breeding in the Iberian Peninsula

(2022) Joanna B. Wong et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Migratory routes, breeding locations and multiple non-breeding sites of Common Whitethroats Curruca communis revealed by geolocators

(2022) Claudia Tapia-Harris et al.   PLoS One

Contrasting use of space by two migratory Afro-Palearctic warblers on their African non-breeding grounds

(2021) Dina Abdelhafez Ali Mostafa et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Spatially different annual cycles but similar haemosporidian infections in distant populations of collared sand martins

(2021) Steffen Hahn et al.   BMC Zoology

Year-round spatial distribution and migration phenology of a rapidly declining trans-Saharan migrant—evidence of winter movements and breeding site fidelity in European turtle doves

(2021) Yvonne R. Schumm et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Birds with multiple homes. The annual cycle of the pallid swift (Apus pallidus brehmorum)

(2021) Stewart Finlayson et al.   PLoS One

Abundance decline in the avifauna of the European Union reveals cross‐continental similarities in biodiversity change

(2021) Fiona Burns et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Dynamics of the energy seascape can explain intra-specific variations in sea-crossing behaviour of soaring birds

(2020) E. Nourani et al.   Biology Letters

Integrating stable isotopes, parasite, and ring‐reencounter data to quantify migratory connectivity—A case study with Barn Swallows breeding in Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and Finland

(2020) Jan A. C. Rönn et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The fate of tropical forest fragments

(2020) Matthew C. Hansen et al.   Science Advances

Natal dispersal in Black Kites Milvus migrans migrans in Europe

(2020) Simona Ovčiariková et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Western Marsh Harriers Circus aeruginosus from nearby breeding areas migrate along comparable loops, but on contrasting schedules in the West African–Eurasian flyway

(2020) Wouter M. G. Vansteelant et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Forest Availability and Fragmentation Drive Movement Behaviour of Wintering European Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus in Africa

(2020) Caroline Howes et al.   ARDEA

Forest condition in the Congo Basin for the assessment of ecosystem conservation status

(2020) Aurélie C. Shapiro et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Evidence of large‐scale range shift in the distribution of a Palaearctic migrant in Africa

(2019) Caroline Howes et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Range wide migration corridors and non‐breeding areas of a northward expanding Afro‐Palaearctic migrant, the European Bee‐eater Merops apiaster

(2019) Steffen Hahn et al.   IBIS

Unravelling migration connectivity reveals unsustainable hunting of the declining ortolan bunting

(2019) Frédéric Jiguet et al.   Science Advances

Winter site use by Afro-Palearctic migrants in Ghana: site persistence and densities of Willow Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Melodious Warbler and Common Redstart

(2019) Kasper Thorup et al.   OSTRICH

Decline of the North American avifauna

(2019) Kenneth V. Rosenberg et al.   SCIENCE

Spatial and Temporal Variability in Migration of a Soaring Raptor Across Three Continents

(2019) W. Louis Phipps et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Broad‐front migration leads to strong migratory connectivity in the lesser kestrel ( Falco naumanni )

(2019) Maurizio Sarà et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Testing alternative methods for estimation of bird migration phenology from GPS tracking data

(2019) Andrea Soriano‐Redondo et al.   IBIS

Type specimens matter: new insights on the systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature of the subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans) complex

(2019) Dario Zuccon et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Spring migration strategies of Whinchat Saxicola rubetra when successfully crossing potential barriers of the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea

(2018) Emma Blackburn et al.   IBIS

Large decline of birds in Sahelian rangelands due to loss of woody cover and soil seed bank

(2018) Leo Zwarts et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Ten grams and 13,000 km on the wing – route choice in willow warblers Phylloscopus trochilus yakutensis migrating from Far East Russia to East Africa

(2018) Kristaps Sokolovskis et al.   Movement Ecology

Migrating ospreys use thermal uplift over the open sea

(2018) Olivier Duriez et al.   Biology Letters

Identifying migration routes and non-breeding staging sites of adult males of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola

(2018) VOLKER SALEWSKI et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Migratory pathways, stopover zones and wintering destinations of Western European Nightjars Caprimulgus europaeus

(2017) Ruben Evens et al.   IBIS

Low migratory connectivity is common in long-distance migrant birds

(2017) Tom Finch et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Migration strategies and annual space-use in an Afro-Palaearctic aerial insectivore - the European nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus

(2017) Gabriel Norevik et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Cyprus wheatears Oenanthe cypriaca likely reach sub-Saharan African wintering grounds in a single migratory flight

(2017) Marina Xenophontos et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Discovering the migration and non-breeding areas of sand martins and house martins breeding in the Pannonian basin (central-eastern Europe)

(2017) Tibor Szép et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Individual consistency of long-distance migration in a songbird: significant repeatability of autumn route, stopovers and wintering sites but not in timing of migration

(2017) Dennis Hasselquist et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Migration of red-backed shrikes from the Iberian Peninsula: optimal or sub-optimal detour?

(2017) Anders P. Tøttrup et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Wind conditions and geography shape the first outbound migration of juvenile honey buzzards and their distribution across sub-Saharan Africa

(2017) W. M. G. Vansteelant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

No apparent gain from continuing migration for more than 3000 kilometres: willow warblers breeding in Denmark winter across the entire northern Savannah as revealed by geolocators

(2017) Mathilde Lerche-Jørgensen et al.   Movement Ecology

High site fidelity in Northern WheatearsOenanthe oenanthewintering in Africa revealed through colour marking

(2016) Emma Blackburn et al.   BIRD STUDY

Delineating large-scale migratory connectivity of reed warblers using integrated multistate models

(2016) Petr Procházka et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Seasonal detours by soaring migrants shaped by wind regimes along the East Atlantic Flyway

(2016) Wouter M. G. Vansteelant et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

How individual Montagu's Harriers cope with Moreau's Paradox during the Sahelian winter

(2016) Almut Ellinor Schlaich et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

African departure rather than migration speed determines variation in spring arrival in pied flycatchers

(2016) Janne Ouwehand et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The challenges of the first migration: movement and behaviour of juvenile vs. adult white storks with insights regarding juvenile mortality

(2016) Shay Rotics et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Breeding latitude leads to different temporal but not spatial organization of the annual cycle in a long-distance migrant

(2016) Martins Briedis et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Negotiating an ecological barrier: crossing the Sahara in relation to winds by common swifts

(2016) Susanne Åkesson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Population decline is linked to migration route in the Common Cuckoo

(2016) Chris M. Hewson et al.   Nature Communications

Costs of migratory decisions: A comparison across eight white stork populations

(2016) A. Flack et al.   Science Advances

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

Detection Probabilities and Absolute Densities of Birds in Trees

(2015) Leo Zwarts et al.   ARDEA

A pan-European, multipopulation assessment of migratory connectivity in a near-threatened migrant bird

(2015) Tom Finch et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

The migration of the great snipeGallinago media: intriguing variations on a grand theme

(2015) Åke Lindström et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

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

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

Disentangling Migratory Routes and Wintering Grounds of Iberian Near-Threatened European Rollers Coracias garrulus

(2015) Juan Rodríguez-Ruiz et al.   PLoS One

Individual improvements and selective mortality shape lifelong migratory performance

(2014) Fabrizio Sergio et al.   NATURE

Narrow-Front Loop Migration in a Population of the Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus, as Revealed by Satellite Telemetry

(2014) Mikkel Willemoes et al.   PLoS One

Variable detours in long-distance migration across ecological barriers and their relation to habitat availability at ground

(2014) Steffen Hahn et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Migration of the Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

(2013) Mikkel Willemoes Kristensen et al.   AUK

Migration and winter distribution of Iberian and central European black storksCiconia nigramoving to Africa across the Strait of Gibraltar: a comparative study

(2013) Luis Santiago Cano et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Migration Routes and Staging Areas of Trans-Saharan Turtle Doves Appraised from Light-Level Geolocators

(2013) Cyril Eraud et al.   PLoS One

Annual Cycle and Migration Strategies of a Trans-Saharan Migratory Songbird: A Geolocator Study in the Great Reed Warbler

(2013) Hilger W. Lemke et al.   PLoS One

Tracking migration routes and the annual cycle of a trans-Sahara songbird migrant

(2012) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

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

(2011) Felix Liechti et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Human activity and the drying up of rivers determine abundance and spatial distribution of Black Storks Ciconia nigra on their wintering grounds

(2010) Damien Chevallier et al.   BIRD STUDY

Densities of Palearctic warblers and Afrotropical species within the same guild in Sahelian West Africa

(2010) Jared M Wilson et al.   OSTRICH

Influence of weather conditions on the flight of migrating black storks

(2010) D. Chevallier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

AFRICAN MIGRANTS IN NIGERIA

(2008) J. H. Elgood et al.   IBIS

THE SOUTHWARD MIGRATION OF PALAEARCTIC BIRDS OVER NGULIA, KENYA

(2008) D. J. Pearson et al.   IBIS

FACTORS AFFECTING THE FOOD SUPPLY AND BREEDING SEASON OF RESIDENT BIRDS AND MOVEMENTS OF PALAEARCTIC MIGRANTS IN A TROPICAL AFRICAN SAVANNAH

(2008) A. R. E. SINCLAIR   IBIS

Spring migratory routes of eight trans-Saharan passerines through the central and western Mediterranean; results from a network of insular and coastal ringing sites

(2008) ANDREA PILASTRO et al.   IBIS

MIGRATION ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN OBSERVED BY RADAR

(2008) M. B. Casement   IBIS

Migration, stopover and moult of the Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus in Ghana, West Africa

(2008) ANDERS HEDENSTRÖM et al.   IBIS

African Odyssey project - satellite tracking of black storksCiconia nigrabreeding at a migratory divide

(2008) Miroslav Bobek et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY