Satellite tracking of the migration of the red-crowned crane Grus japonensis

doi:10.1046/j.1440-1703.1998.00271.x

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Ecological Research

Volume 13 Issue 3, Pages 273 - 282

Published Online: 4 Jan 2002

2004 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Satellite tracking of the migration of the red-crowned crane Grus japonensis

Hiroyoshi Higuchi , Yuri Shibaev, Jason Minton, Kiyoaki Ozaki, Sergey Surmach, Go Fujita, Kunikazu Momose, Yuria Momose, Mutsuyuki Ueta, Vladimir Andronov, Nagahisa Mita & Yutaka Kanai

¹ Laboratory of Wildlife Biology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1–1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan ² Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostock 690022, Russia ³ Wild Bird Society of Japan, WING, 2–35–2 Minamidaira, Hino-shi, Tokyo 191–0041, Japan ⁴ Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, Konoyama, Abiko-shi, Chiba 270–1145, Japan ⁵ Wakatake-cho 10–2, Kushiro-shi, Hokkaido 085–0036, Japan ⁶ Khingansky Nature Reserve, Arkhara, Amursk Region, Russia ⁷ NTT Wireless Systems Laboratories, Take 1–2356, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa 238–0313, Japan

KEYWORDS

conservation • Grus japonensis • migration route • red-crowned crane • satellite tracking

ABSTRACT

Autumn migration routes of red-crowned cranes, Grus japonensis, from two continental east Asian sites were documented in detail by satellite tracking. Two routes were identified: a 2200 km western route from Russia's Khingansky Nature Reserve to coastal Jiangsu Province, China; and a 900 km eastern route from Lake Khanka (Russia) to the Korean Peninsula and the Demilitarized Zone. The most important rest-sites were identified as Panjin Marsh (China), coastal mudflats south-east of Tangshan City (China), the Yellow River mouth (China), Tumen River mouth (North Korea/China/Russia), Kumya (North Korea) and Cholwon (Korean DMZ). Movements within the wintering range were also recorded, including complex commuting between sites by individual cranes and patterns of daily movements within sites. These data should prove useful for conservation of the flyway.

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