Spring Migration Routes and Home Range of Two Cinereous Vultures Aegypius monachus between China and Mongolia by Satellite Tracking

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Spring Migration Routes and Home Range of Two Cinereous Vultures Aegypius monachus between China and Mongolia by Satellite Tracking
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Affiliation:①Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of State Forestry Administration,National Bird Banding Center of China,The Research Institute of Forest Ecology,Environment and Protection,The Chinese Academy of Forestry,①Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of State Forestry Administration,National Bird Banding Center of China,The Research Institute of Forest Ecology,Environment and Protection,The Chinese Academy of Forestry,①Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of State Forestry Administration,National Bird Banding Center of China,The Research Institute of Forest Ecology,Environment and Protection,The Chinese Academy of Forestry,①Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of State Forestry Administration,National Bird Banding Center of China,The Research Institute of Forest Ecology,Environment and Protection,The Chinese Academy of Forestry,CWCA-Qinhuangdao wildlife rescue center,,①Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of State Forestry Administration,National Bird Banding Center of China,The Research Institute of Forest Ecology,Environment and Protection,The Chinese Academy of Forestry,①Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of State Forestry Administration,National Bird Banding Center of China,The Research Institute of Forest Ecology,Environment and Protection,The Chinese Academy of Forestry,,,
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The Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) is listed as a Near-Threatened species by IUCN. Each year in winter or early spring, a few weak or poisoned vultures were rescued in Bohai Bay area. In the spring of 2016, two rescued vultures (ID2016 and ID1051, basic information shown in Table 1) were equipped with satellite transmitter and their migratory routes and home ranges were analyzed, aiming to provide more effective conservation measures. The two vultures migrated to the border of Bulgan and Arkhangai Province of Mongolia, and travelled about 2 200﹣2 400 km from wintering to summering area (Fig. 1). The home range sizes (50% Fixed Kernel) in the early, middle and late summer of the ID2016 were 31 261.01 km2, 1 492.96 km2 and 11 027.70 km2 respectively (Fig. 2). During migration, the vultures spent a majority of their time in the process of resting, followed by flying and feeding behaviors. They normally started to move around 8:00, reached the activity peak around 12:00 to 13:00, then gradually slowed down until 18:00 to be stable. This study provided a complete spring migration routes and important stopover sites for the Cinereous Vultures, and it was the baseline for the rescuing and protection of the vultures.

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ZHANG Yan-Jun①②, ZHANG Guo-Gang①. 2019. Spring Migration Routes and Home Range of Two Cinereous Vultures Aegypius monachus between China and Mongolia by Satellite Tracking. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 54(2): 159-164.

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Received:August 09,2018
Revised:February 19,2019
Adopted:February 18,2019
Online: March 25,2019
Published: April 20,2019

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