Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2020
Abstract
The Antillean Nighthawk’s (Chordeiles gundlachii) migration routes and non-breeding location were previously unknown. We deployed a geolocator on a female Antillean Nighthawk found breeding on the Lesser Antilles island of Guadeloupe and tracked her annual movements between 2013 and 2014. Her journey included a 2-month stopover on Isla La Tortuga, Venezuela, during southward migration, and a non-breeding season in the remote forestlands of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, approximately 2,100 km south of her breeding grounds. Her migration route was geographically similar in both the fall and spring, following a north-south trajectory, but lacked a prolonged stopover in the spring.
Recommended Citation
Perlut, Noah G. and Levesque, Anthony, "Light-Level Geolocation Reveals The Migration Route And Non-Breeding Location Of An Antillean Nighthawk (Chordeiles Gundlachii)" (2020). Environmental Studies Faculty Publications. 37.
https://dune.une.edu/env_facpubs/37
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© 2020 The Authors
Originally published:
Perlut, N.G. and Levesque, A. 2020. Light-level geolocation reveals the migration route and non-breeding location of an Antillean Nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii). The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 33: 49-53. https://jco.birdscaribbean.org/index.php/jco/article/view/1221