Nocturnal passage of passerines in Western Kazakhstan in autumn |
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| Authors: | VN Bulyuk N Chernetsov |
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| Institution: | Biological Station Rybachy, Kaliningrad Region, Rybachy 238535, Russian Federation |
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| Abstract: | We provide a test of the hypothesis that most Palaearctic-African migratory passerines breeding to the east of Eastern Europe avoid crossing western deserts of Central Asia during autumn migration and make a detour through the steppes and semi-deserts north of the Caspian Sea. Trapping data at a migratory stopover and moon-watch observations in September 2003 in western Kazakhstan in a semi-desert location 375 km north of the Caspian Sea support this hypothesis. |
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| Keywords: | Nocturnal migration Semi-deserts and deserts of Central Asia Passerines |
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