Shorebirds wintering in Southeast Asia demonstrate trans-Himalayan flights Li, D, Davison, G, Lisovski, Simeon, Battley, PF, Ma, Z, Yang, S, How, CB, Watkins, D, Round, P, Yee, A, Srinivasan, V, Teo, C, Teo, R, Loo, A, Leong, CC and Er, K 2020, Shorebirds wintering in Southeast Asia demonstrate trans-Himalayan flights, Scientific Reports, vol. 10, no. 1, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77897-z. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Shorebirds wintering in Southeast Asia demonstrate trans-Himalayan flights Author(s) Li, D Davison, G Lisovski, Simeon Battley, PF Ma, Z Yang, S How, CB Watkins, D Round, P Yee, A Srinivasan, V Teo, C Teo, R Loo, A Leong, CC Er, K Journal name Scientific Reports Volume number 10 Issue number 1 Publisher Nature Research (part of Springer Nature) Publication date 2020 ISSN 2045-2322 2045-2322 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics BAR-HEADED GEESE MIGRATION TRANSMITTERS Summary Many birds wintering in the Indian subcontinent fly across the Himalayas during migration, including Bar-headed Geese (Anser indicus), Demoiselle Cranes (Anthropoides virgo) and Ruddy Shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea). However, little is known about whether shorebirds migrate across the Himalayas from wintering grounds beyond the Indian subcontinent. Using geolocators and satellite tracking devices, we demonstrate for the first time that Common Redshanks (Tringa totanus) and Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) wintering in Singapore can directly fly over the Himalayas to reach breeding grounds in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and north-central Russia respectively. The results also show that migratory shorebirds wintering in Southeast Asia can use both the Central Asian Flyway and the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. For Redshanks, westerly-breeding birds crossed the Himalayas while more easterly breeders on the Plateau migrated east of the Himalayas. For Whimbrels, an individual that crossed the Himalayas was probably from a breeding population that was different from the others that migrated along the coast up the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. The minimum required altitude of routes of trans-Himalayan Redshanks were no higher on average than those of eastern migrants, but geolocator temperature data indicate that birds departing Singapore flew at high elevations even when not required to by topography, suggesting that the Himalayan mountain range may be less of a barrier than assumed. DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-77897-z HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30160055 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open acess) Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 02 Dec 2021, 09:38:40 EST Thu, 02 Dec 2021, 15:26:10 EST Thu, 02 Dec 2021, 15:35:25 EST Wed, 02 Feb 2022, 14:45:05 EST Wed, 02 Feb 2022, 15:15:18 EST Wed, 02 Feb 2022, 15:42:59 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 2 times in TR Web of Science Cited 3 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 7 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 02 Dec 2021, 09:38:40 EST