MIGRATIONS OF THE DEMOISELLE CRANE (ANTHROPOIDES VIRGO, GRUIFORMES): TRACKING ALONG FLYWAYS AND AT WINTERING GROUNDS
МИГРАЦИИ КРАСАВКИ (ANTHROPOIDES VIRGO, GRUIFORMES): ДИСТАНЦИОННОЕ СЛЕЖЕНИЕ НА ПУТЯХ ПРОЛЕТА И ЗИМОВКАХ
Ilyashenko E.I. Mudrik E.A. Andryushchenko Yu.A. Belik V.P. Belyalov O.V. Wikelski M. Gavrilov A.E. Goroshko O.A. Guguyeva E.V. Korepov M.V. Mnatsekanov R.A. Politov D.V. Postelnykh K.A. Lei C. Ilyashenko V.Yu.
2021Izdatelstvo Nauka
Zoologicheskii Zhurnal
2021#100Issue 91028 - 1054 pp.
In 2017–2020, 104 young or adult cranes were tracked with GPS-GSM loggers in Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan. The migration routes of the Demoiselle Crane from different parts of the distribution range were specified, with key areas for each flyway identified. In the European part of the range, cranes from different breeding groups followed two flyways using the same route in autumn and spring. The Azov-Black breeding group winters in Chad, while the Caspian, Volga-Urals and Cisurals breeding groups spend the winter in Sudan. Demoiselle cranes from the Asian part of the range excluding the Transurals carry out a circular migration. In the fall, they use four main flyways to northwestern India coming there from the north, northeast and east. In the spring, they fly firstly in a narrow front to the western tip of the Tien Shan Mountains, and then fly out like a fan north, northeast and east. At wintering grounds and summer gatherings, gene flow can occur between cranes of different breeding groups. The migration period consists of two stages: trophic, when cranes accumulate energy resources, and transit, when they make a long active flight without replenishing energy reserves. Autumn migration takes place in a short time. With migration route lengths totaling 2170 to 5600 km, the distance of the transit flights varies from 1900 to 4600 km, and their durations from seven to 13 days. This is obviously the period that the Demoiselle Crane is capable of overcoming without essential replenishment of the energy costs, due to the resources accumulated before starting the transit flight. The spring migration of adults is more extended, with shorter daily flights and a longer rest at transit stops, this probably being necessary to save energy before the breeding period. Some young cranes return to their places of birth with their parents in the spring, while others make a transit flight to the first places of a long stopover located in the southern part of the steppe zone. Some of them spend the whole summer in these territories, while others gradually move to their places of birth, arriving 1–1.5 months later than adults do. Some young birds fly to their birthplaces only after the second winter. Young birds from Transbaikalia and probably also from the Altais and Khakassia make two transit flights with a long rest approximately in the middle of the flyway.
Demoiselle Crane , key sites , migration routes , wintering grounds
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Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119091, Russian Federation
Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119091, Russian Federation
Azov-Black Sea Ornithological Station, Shmalgauzen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Melitopol, 72312, Ukraine
Ivanovsky Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, South Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, 344006, Russian Federation
Max Plank Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, 04103, Germany
Institute of Zoology MSK, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Daursky State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Nizhny Tsasuchei, Transbaikalia, 674495, Russian Federation
Institute of Natural Resources, Ecology and Cryology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Transbaikalia, Chita, 672014, Russian Federation
Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain Nature Park, Volgograd Region, Volzhsk, 404147, Russian Federation
Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Ulyanovsk, 432700, Russian Federation
“North Caucasus” Regional Brunch of the World Wildlife Fund, Krasnodar, 350020, Russian Federation
Oka State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Brykin Bor Region, Ryazan, 391071, Russian Federation
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 38400, China
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Vavilov Institute of General Genetics
Azov-Black Sea Ornithological Station
Ivanovsky Academy of Biology and Biotechnology
Max Plank Institute of Animal Behavior
Institute of Zoology MSK
Daursky State Nature Biosphere Reserve
Institute of Natural Resources
Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain Nature Park
Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University
“North Caucasus” Regional Brunch of the World Wildlife Fund
Oka State Nature Biosphere Reserve
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
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