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26 January 2023 Full Migration Routes of Two Little Egrets (Egretta garzetta) Display Breeding and Wintering Site Fidelity
Chun-Chiu Pang, Yik-Hei Sung, Yun-Tak Chung, Hak-King Ying, Hoi-Ning Helen Fong, Yat-Tung Yu
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Abstract

Our study provides the first GPS tracking data of Little Egret Egretta garzetta from an East Asian population. Our two main objectives were to reveal the migratory route and migratory strategy of Little Egret, and to study inter-annual breeding and wintering site fidelity. Our data, from an adult and a juvenile, suggest that this species is a short-distance high-speed migrant using few or no stopover sites. Both individuals displayed high breeding and wintering site fidelity. They also used very small winter home ranges, probably associated with high prey availability in aquaculture ponds.

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Chun-Chiu Pang, Yik-Hei Sung, Yun-Tak Chung, Hak-King Ying, Hoi-Ning Helen Fong, and Yat-Tung Yu "Full Migration Routes of Two Little Egrets (Egretta garzetta) Display Breeding and Wintering Site Fidelity," Ornithological Science 22(1), 81-86, (26 January 2023). https://doi.org/10.2326/osj.22.81
Received: 7 March 2023; Accepted: 17 August 2023; Published: 26 January 2023
KEYWORDS
East Asia
GPS tracking
Little Egret
migration
site fidelity
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