Bird migration: When vagrants become pioneers

Alexander C Lees; James J Gilroy

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.058

Bird migration: When vagrants become pioneers

Curr Biol. 2021 Dec 20;31(24):R1568-R1570. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.058.

Authors

Alexander C Lees¹, James J Gilroy²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, UK; Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA. Electronic address: alexander.lees@mmu.ac.uk.
² School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.

PMID: 34932963
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.058

Abstract

Vagrant birds are frequently recorded outside of their regular geographic range. A new study documents how vagrancy, in this case in an Asian songbird, can lead to establishment of a new migration route.

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Animals
Birds*