First tracking of post-breeding migration of the Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda by GPS data logger

Shingo Uemura; Ayumu Hamachi; Kunihiro Nakachi; Masaoki Takagi

doi:10.2326/osj.18.215

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First tracking of post-breeding migration of the Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda by GPS data logger

Shingo Uemura, Ayumu Hamachi, Kunihiro Nakachi, Masaoki Takagi

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Keywords: GPS data logger, Halcyon coromanda, Migration, Philippines, Ruddy Kingfisher

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2019 Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages 215-219

DOI https://doi.org/10.2326/osj.18.215

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Abstract

The migratory strategies of kingfishers are poorly understood. In the first study of its kind, by means of Global Positioning System data loggers, we were able to describe the migration and wintering sites of the Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda population breeding on Miyako Island, Japan. Birds were found to reach altitudes of almost 4,000 m during their migration to winter on Polillo and Tablas islands in The Philippines.

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