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

doi:10.2326/osj.22.81

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

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	81-86
Number of pages	6
Journal	Ornithological Science
Volume	22
Issue number	1
Early online date	26 Jan 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2326/osj.22.81
Publication status	Published - 26 Jan 2023

Bibliographical note

We also thank Fion Au for field assistance and the fishpond owners for allowing us to conduct field work at their ponds. We acknowledge the staff of Ecotone Telemetry, particularly A. Grochowska, A. Komoszynska and L. Iliszko for their technical support for GPS tracking.

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© 2023 Ornithological Society of Japan. All rights reserved.

Funding

This study was funded by the Environment and Conservation Fund of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, China (EP86/19/271). We thank the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, China, for project support and providing permission for egret trapping and handling [(43) AF GR CON 09/51 Pt. 6].

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

East Asia
GPS tracking
Little Egret
Migration
Site fidelity

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