Migration, wing morphometry and wing moult in Spanish and House Sparrows from the eastern Balkan Peninsula

Steffen Hahn; Dimitar Dimitrov; Tamara Emmenegger; Mihaela Ilieva; Strahil Peev; Pavel Zehtindjiev; Martins Briedis

doi:10.1007/s10336-018-1597-1

Migration, wing morphometry and wing moult in Spanish and House Sparrows from the eastern Balkan Peninsula

Steffen Hahn, Dimitar Dimitrov, Tamara Emmenegger, Mihaela Ilieva, Strahil Peev, Pavel Zehtindjiev, Martins Briedis

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Abstract

On the Balkan Peninsula, migratory Spanish Sparrows breed sympatrically with resident House Sparrows. While the two species share many biological and ecological traits, migratory patterns and adaptions to migratory lifestyle of the Spanish Sparrow are unknown. We tracked a Spanish Sparrow across its 1800 km long migration from Bulgaria to the nonbreeding sites in the Nile Delta. Stopovers were situated in western Turkey, before and after the 12 h-nonstop flights across the Mediterranean Sea. We show similar wing morphology in Spanish and House Sparrows indicating little adaptation to migration. However, Spanish Sparrows moult primaries earlier and faster allowing for timely migratory departure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	271-274
Journal	Journal of Ornithology
Volume	160
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-018-1597-1
Publication status	Published - 2019 Jan 31
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
The study has been supported by the DO-G to SH (14.12.2009), the Swiss Federal Office for Environment (UTF 254.08.08) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF31003A_160265). Field work had been carried out under permission 243/01.03.2010 (Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Waters). This study is Report No. 64 of the Biological Experimental Station ‘Kalimok’.

Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The study has been supported by the DO-G to SH (14.12.2009), the Swiss Federal Office for Environment (UTF 254.08.08) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF31003A_160265). Field work had been carried out under permission 243/01.03.2010 (Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Waters). This study is Report No. 64 of the Biological Experimental Station ‘Kalimok’.

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© 2018, Dt. Ornithologen-Gesellschaft e.V.

Free keywords

Biometrics
Geolocation
Moult duration
Nonbreeding
Passer domesticus
Passer hispaniolensis
Short-distance migration

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