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Deteriorating weather conditions predict the use of suboptimal stopover sites by Aquatic Warblers Acrocephalus paludicola

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Arizaga J., Mendiburu A., Andueza M., Fontanilles P., Fourcade J.-M., Urbina-Tobias P.

Acta Ornithologica

2011

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The Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola is a globally threatened songbird and its decline is related to habitat loss. Accordingly, most studies dealing with the stopover ecology of this species have been chiefly focused on the habitat use and the availability of suitable habitats along its route of migration. In contrast, much less attention has been paid to other environmental causes potentially explaining the use of stopover sites. Our aim here was to investigate whether the Aquatic Warbler at an apparently suboptimal stopover site with small area of suitable habitats stops over only during adverse weather conditions. We used data obtained at a suboptimal 0aizubia marshland, northern Iberia) and another optimal (Villefranque, southwestern France) stopover sites during the autumn migration over four seasons (2007-2010). The Aquatic Warbler tended to stop over at Jaizubia in days with rain, a fact that was not so evident at Villefranque, supporting the hypothesis that they used the suboptimal site only, or mostly, when adverse weather conditions forced them to land. In contrast, the optimal habitat was used independently of weather conditions. To properly identify key stopover localities for the Aquatic Warbler, we should consider the potential influence of adverse weather in occurrence of individuals, especially in small areas without preferred habitat.

Fuel load and potential flight ranges of passerine birds migrating through the western edge of the Pyrenees

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Arizaga J., Sanchez J. M., Diez E., Cuadrado J. F., Asenjo I., Mendiburu A., Jauregi J. I., Herrero A., Elosegi Z., Aranguren I., Andueza M., Alonso D.

Acta Ornithologica

2011

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The estimation of fuel load and the potential flight ranges of migrant birds are crucial to understanding the ecological and evolutionary significance of bird migration strategies. The movement of migrant birds between Iberia and the rest of Western Europe is thought to be shaped by the Pyrenees and nearby seas. Because of this area's unique geography, the routes of migrants that move to (autumn migration) or from (spring migration) Iberia tend to pass through the western and eastern edges of the Pyrenees. Fuel-load analyses and the assessment of potential flight ranges from these edges can provide insights about the extent of Iberia's use as a consistent stopover and fuelling area. Using data obtained over a period of six years (2004-2009), we calculated fuel load and potential flight ranges for ten common passerines (pre-Saharan, i.e. that overwinter mainly within the circum-Mediterranean region: Robin Erithacus rubecula, Bluethroat Luscinia svecica, Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita, Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla; sub-Saharan, i.e. that overwinter in tropical Africa: Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta, Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus, Garden Warbler Sylvia borin, Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis that stopover at Txingudi marshlands, at the western edge of the Pyrenees. The fuel load for the 25% heaviest fraction of caught birds ranged from 10.6% over lean body mass to 25.5% (mean: 18.3%) in spring and from 6.7% to 39.7% (mean: 25.2%) in autumn. Thus, potential flight ranges tended to be longer during autumn than during spring, particularly for the sub-Saharan species. All pre-Saharan species except one (Bluethroat) had sufficient fuel to arrive in southern Iberia or northern Africa, and three sub-Saharan species (Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat) had sufficient fuel to reach the north of the Sahara Desert but not its southern border. The potential flight ranges in spring were rather similar among species (ca. 1000 km from Txingudi).

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2 Acta Ornithologica

2 Andueza M.

2 Arizaga J.

2 Mendiburu A.

1 Alonso D.

1 Aranguren I.

1 Asenjo I.

1 Cuadrado J. F.

1 Diez E.

1 Elosegi Z.

1 Fontanilles P.

1 Fourcade J.-M.

1 Herrero A.

1 Jauregi J. I.

1 Sanchez J. M.

1 Urbina-Tobias P.

2 2011

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Deteriorating weather conditions predict the use of suboptimal stopover sites by Aquatic Warblers Acrocephalus paludicola

Fuel load and potential flight ranges of passerine birds migrating through the western edge of the Pyrenees