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© 2019 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.Individual consistency in migration can shine light on the mechanisms of migration. Most studies have reported that birds are more consistent in the timing than in the routes or stopover sites during migration, but some specialist species showed the opposite patterns, being more consistent in spatial than temporal aspects of migration. One possible explanation for this contrast is that specialists rely on particular food or habitat resources, which restrict the migratory routes they can take, leading to high spatial consistency. If this is the case, the effect of specialist foraging should become apparent only when birds forage, instead of fasting and flying continuously. To test this effect, we analysed individual consistency in migration of the oriental honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus), a specialist raptor that feeds on honeybees and wasps, using a long-term tracking dataset. As honey buzzards make extended stopovers during which they forage in spring but not in autumn, the spatial consistency should be higher in spring than in autumn. Honey buzzards were highly consistent in both their migratory routes and stopover sites in Southeast Asia, but only during spring migration. Our results highlight an important link between species' migratory consistency and foraging ecology.
Author(s): Sugasawa S, Higuchi H
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Biology Letters
Year: 2019
Volume: 15
Issue: 6
Print publication date: 28/06/2019
Online publication date: 12/06/2019
Acceptance date: 20/05/2019
ISSN (print): 1744-9561
ISSN (electronic): 1744-957X
Publisher: Royal Society Publishing
URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0131
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0131
PubMed id: 31185821
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