Mountain ranges, deserts, ice fields and oceans generally act as barriers to the movement of land-dependent animals, often profoundly shaping migration routes. We used satellite telemetry to track the southward flights of bar-tailed godwits (Limosa lapponica baueri ), shorebirds whose breeding and non-breeding areas are separated by the vast central Pacific Ocean. Seven females with surgically implanted transmitters flew non-stop 8117–11680 km (10153±1043 s.d.) directly across the Pacific Ocean; two males with external transmitters flew non-stop along the same corridor for 7008–7390 km. Flight duration ranged from 6.0 to 9.4 days (7.8±1.3 s.d.) for birds with implants and 5.0 to 6.6 days for birds with externally attached transmitters. Thes...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica; Scolopacidae) embark on some of the longest ...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica embark on some of the longest migrations known...
Migratory land birds perform extreme endurance flights when crossing ecological barriers, such as de...
Mountain ranges, deserts, ice fields and oceans generally act as barriers to the movement of land-de...
Mountain ranges, deserts, ice fields and oceans generally act as barriers to the movement of land-de...
Migrating birds make the longest non-stop endurance flights in the animal kingdom. Satellite technol...
Migrating birds make the longest non-stop endurance flights in the animal kingdom. Satellite technol...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica embark on some of the longest migrations known...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica embark on some of the longest migrations known...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica; Scolopacidae) embark on some of the longest ...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica; Scolopacidae) embark on some of the longest ...
The Pacific Basin, by virtue of its vastness and its complex aeroscape, provides unique opportunitie...
The annual 29 000 km long migration of the bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica baueri, around the Pa...
Migratory land birds perform extreme endurance flights when crossing ecological barriers, such as de...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica; Scolopacidae) embark on some of the longest ...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica embark on some of the longest migrations known...
Migratory land birds perform extreme endurance flights when crossing ecological barriers, such as de...
Mountain ranges, deserts, ice fields and oceans generally act as barriers to the movement of land-de...
Mountain ranges, deserts, ice fields and oceans generally act as barriers to the movement of land-de...
Migrating birds make the longest non-stop endurance flights in the animal kingdom. Satellite technol...
Migrating birds make the longest non-stop endurance flights in the animal kingdom. Satellite technol...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica embark on some of the longest migrations known...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica embark on some of the longest migrations known...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica; Scolopacidae) embark on some of the longest ...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica; Scolopacidae) embark on some of the longest ...
The Pacific Basin, by virtue of its vastness and its complex aeroscape, provides unique opportunitie...
The annual 29 000 km long migration of the bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica baueri, around the Pa...
Migratory land birds perform extreme endurance flights when crossing ecological barriers, such as de...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica; Scolopacidae) embark on some of the longest ...
Populations of the Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica embark on some of the longest migrations known...
Migratory land birds perform extreme endurance flights when crossing ecological barriers, such as de...