Index of articles about bird tracking using satellite telemetry and other technologies such as geolocators.
GPS tracking of four White-backed Vultures at Jbel Moussa reveals fascinating movements across Morocco, Spain, and the Sahel region. Le suivi GPS de quatre Vautours africains à Jbel Moussa révèle des mouvements fascinants à travers le Maroc, l’Espagne et le Sahel. — Between 11 May and early June 2024, four White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus) were […]
Movements of four White-backed Vultures GPS-tagged at Jbel Moussa Read More »
After an extraordinary sea crossing from Italy, the reintroduced Northern Bald Ibis was illegally shot and killed in Spain. Knubbel is a juvenile female Northern Bald Ibis that hatched on 3 June 2023 in Überlingen at Lake Constance and grew up there. During the autumn migration, the bird lost contact with its conspecifics in northern
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Movements of two satellite-tracked Marbled Ducks (Marmaronetta angustirostris) from Spain to North Africa. One of them, made a spectacular round-trip in 24 hours. As part of the ‘Marbled Duck reintroduction project’ in the Valencian Community (SE Spain), 21 birds were fitted with GPS-trackers and released into El Hondo Natural Park (Some birds are of wild
Spanish Marbled Ducks tracked to Africa Read More »
A Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) named ‘Selja’ satellite-tracked from Finland died in southern Morocco last January. The cause of death is not electrocution as was feared initially. Selja was fitted with a satellite transmitter in central Finland in June 2018 as part of the research on Pallid Harrier carried out by Ari-Pekka Auvinen for the
Satellite-tagged Pallid Harrier died in southern Morocco Read More »
A total of 27 Marbled Ducks were satellite-tracked in south-east Spain, of these only three have survived by migrating to Algeria. Most of the birds that stayed locally were shot dead or are missing. The most threatened duck in Europe With a decreasing population, the Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris) is classed globally as ‘Vulnerable’ in
Spanish Marbled Ducks migrate to Africa to escape hunters’ guns Read More »
A Eurasian Dotterel equipped with a light-logger in Northern Finland spent almost half a year in the wintering areas in Libya. The Eurasian Dotterel (Eudromias morinellus) breeds in the arctic-alpine zone of Palearctic. Its wintering range is also sufficiently known: it winters in North Africa eastwards to the Middle East, with some birds reaching the
Migratory connectivity of Fennoscandian Dotterels Read More »
Unilateral corneal opacity as a result of GPS tracking in a European Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita) population released in the context of a LIFE+ reintroduction project Fritz J., Eberhard B., Esterer C., Trobe D. & Scope A. Waldrappteam | LIFE Northern Bald Ibis | 6162 Mutters, AustriaCorresponding author: Johannes Fritz | jfritz@waldrapp.eu | www.waldrapp.eu
GPS tags cause corneal opacity in Northern Bald Ibis Read More »
The Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii), as its name may suggests, is an endemic breeder to Cape Verde islands, and winters mainly in South Atlantic off South America (González-Solís et al. 2009). The species rarely ventures north of its breeding areas (or so we thought!). During the breading season, Cape Verde Shearwaters also frequently visit
Cape Verde Shearwater in the Canary Islands and Morocco Read More »
A Pallid Harrier satellite-tracked in Finland spent the winter in the Guelmim region, southern Morocco. The area is very rich in preys but also very dangerous for raptors because of electrocution. This is the first proven wintering record of the species in Morocco. Westward expansion of the Pallid Harrier Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) breeds in
Finnish Pallid Harrier wintered in Morocco in a rich, yet dangerous area Read More »
With the expansion of the Spanish Imperial Eagle in Andalusia and the Iberian Peninsula in general, an increasing number of immature birds visit Morocco to winter. It’s in this context that an juvenile bird was found and tagged with a GPS transmitter for the first time in Africa. Status of the Spanish Imperial Eagle in
Spanish Imperial Eagle in Andalusia in 2018 & the first satellite-tagged bird in Morocco Read More »