When a typical jumper skips: itineraries and staging habitats used by Red Knots (Calidris canutus piersmai) migrating between northwest Australia and the New Siberian Islands

• Published in: Ibis (London, England) Vol. 163; no. 4; pp. 1235 - 1251
• Main Authors: Piersma, Theunis, Kok, Eva M. A., Hassell, Chris J., Peng, He‐Bo, Verkuil, Yvonne I., Lei, Guangchun, Karagicheva, Julia, Rakhimberdiev, Eldar, Howey, Paul W., Tibbitts, T. Lee, Chan, Ying‐Chi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2021
• Subjects: Animal breeding; Aquatic birds; Arctic region; Australia; Bird migration; Birds; Bivalvia; Breeding grounds; Breeding sites; Calidris canutus; China; coasts; East‐Asian Australasian Flyway; Flight; Food; Foods; Great circles; Islands; Knots; migration; Migrations; Migratory species; Mollusks; mortality; population regulation; Return migration; Seabirds; seasonal timing; shorebirds; Shores; Skips; South East Asia; staging; Transmitters; Tundra; Waterfowl; Yellow Sea; Australia; Asia; Yellow Sea; China; New Siberian Islands; South East Asia; Arctic region

The ecological reasons for variation in avian migration, with some populations migrating across thousands of kilometres between breeding and non‐breeding areas with one or few refuelling stops, in contrast to others that stop more often, remain to be pinned down. Red Knots Calidris canutus are a tex...