DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16990288
title: Movebank Data used in Developing AETHER

description: Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) movementsFrom Movebank (dataset source):"Movement data of Common kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) tagged in the winter 2021 at a communal roost in Doñana protected area (END). 10 individuals were tagged with UVA-BITS (7g) (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands). From 2020 to 2023 we tagged Common kestrel breeders at nest-boxes in Doñana protected area (Sevilla) and at nest-boxes in Villalba del Alcor (Huelva). We deployed Axy-Trek loggers (4g) from TechnoSamrt (Italy), UVA-BITS (7g) (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Pathtrack nanofix GEO+RF (4.7g) and MINI loggers (5g) from INTERREX (Poland). We deployed a in 2020: 6 AXY-TREK, 6 PATHTRACK, 5 UVA-BITS, in 2021: 14 UVA-BITS, in 2022: 13 UVA-BITS, in 2023: 2 UVA-BITS, 1 PATHTRACK, and 10 INTERREX MINI"

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description: Data Description: AETHER Kestrel Movement Dataset


This document provides metadata for the processed dataset used in the AETHER manuscript, conforming to FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data principles.



Source




Original Data Repository: Movebank (available for download on Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/16990288)

Study Name: Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) breeding and non-breeding, Doñana, Spain

Movebank Study ID: 2970193504

Principal Investigator: Sergio Hernández-León

Citation: Hernández-León S (2024) Data from: Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) breeding and non-breeding, Doñana, Spain. Movebank Data Repository. doi:10.5441/001/1.h125s56c




Processed Dataset Columns


This describes the features in the final dataset used for analysis after processing and feature engineering.



Core GPS Features




timestamp:



Description: The date and time of the GPS fix.

Units: UTC

Source: Original Movebank data.



individual_id:



Description: Unique identifier for each individual bird.

Units: N/A

Source: Original Movebank data.



latitude:



Description: The geographic latitude of the GPS fix.

Units: Decimal Degrees

Source: Original Movebank data.



longitude:



Description: The geographic longitude of the GPS fix.

Units: Decimal Degrees

Source: Original Movebank data.



altitude_m:



Description: The altitude of the bird above sea level.

Units: Meters (m)

Source: Original Movebank data.



heading:



Description: The direction of travel.

Units: Degrees (0-360)

Source: Original Movebank data.



speed_ms:



Description: The ground speed of the bird.

Units: Meters per second (m/s)

How it was derived: (You need to fill this in - e.g., "Calculated by the GPS device" or if you recalculated it, explain how).






GPS Quality Features (for the GPS Expert)




satellite_count:



Description: Number of satellites used to determine the GPS fix.

Units: Integer

Source: Original Movebank data.



dop (Dilution of Precision):



Description: A measure of the geometric quality of the satellite configuration. Lower values indicate higher precision.

Units: N/A

Source: Original Movebank data.



time_to_fix_s:



Description: The time it took for the GPS device to acquire a satellite fix.

Units: Seconds (s)

Source: Original Movebank data.






Engineered Kinematic Features (for the Kinematic Expert)




acceleration_ms2:



Description: The change in speed over time.

Units: Meters per second squared (m/s²)

How it was derived: (You need to fill this in - e.g., "Calculated as the difference in 'speed_ms' between consecutive timestamps, divided by the time difference.")



turning_angle:



Description: The change in heading between consecutive points.

Units: Degrees

How it was derived: (You need to fill this in - e.g., "Calculated as the difference in 'heading' between consecutive timestamps.")






Citation


If you use the AETHER software or the associated dataset in your research, please cite the following:

For the software: Ganapathy, S. (2025). AETHER: An Unsupervised Framework for Flagging Atypical Movement Patterns [Software]. Available from https://github.com/SanjayGanapathy/AETHER.

For the data: Bustamante, J. (2025). Movebank Data used in Developing AETHER (1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16990288.