DOI: 10.5061/dryad.sq1v7
title: Data from: Cyprus wheatears Oenanthe cypriaca likely reach sub-Saharan African wintering grounds in a single migratory flight

description: Long-distance migratory flights with multiple stop-overs, multiple
 wintering sites, and small-scale connectivity in Afro-Palearctic migrants
 are likely to increase their vulnerability to environmental change and
 lead to declining populations. Here we present the migration tracks and
 wintering locations of the first six Cyprus wheatears to be tracked with
 geolocators: a species with high survival and a stable population. We
 therefore predicted a non-stop flight from Cyprus to sub-Saharan wintering
 grounds, a single wintering area for each individual and a wide spread of
 wintering locations representing low migratory connectivity at the
 population level. The sub-Saharan wintering grounds in south Sudan, Sudan
 and Ethiopia were likely reached by a single flight of an average
 straight-line distance of 2538 km in ca 60 h, with an average minimum
 speed of 43.1 km h–1. The high speed of migration probably ruled out
 stop-overs greater than a few hours. Cyprus wheatears migrated from Cyprus
 in mid-late October and most probably remained at a single location
 throughout winter; three out of five birds with available data may have
 used a second site &lt; 100 km away during February; all returned
 between 7–22 March when accurate geolocation data are not possible due to
 the equinox. Wintering locations were spread over at least 950 km. There
 were no tag effects on survival. Cyprus wheatears showed a migratory
 strategy in accordance with their observed high survival rate and
 demonstrated a routine flight range that allows much of the Mediterranean
 and the Sahara to be crossed in a rapid two and a half-day flight.
description: all
 loggersAll logger data derived
 coordinatesCyprus wheatear initial
 location analysis 8R script of analysis for
 the paper; split main logger data file into separate logger files as
 necessaryML6740 V1691 057
 reconstructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identity - here it is logger
 057ML6740 V1691 057
 reconstructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 057
 reconstructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 057
 reconstructed_000Raw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 089
 recosntructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 089
 recosntructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 089
 recosntructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 089
 recosntructed_000Raw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 100
 reconstructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 100
 reconstructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 100
 reconstructedML6740 V1691 100
 reconstructed_000Raw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691
 107Raw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691
 107Raw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691
 107Raw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691
 107_000Raw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691
 107_001Raw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 123
 reconstructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 123
 reconstructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 123
 reconstructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 123
 reconstructed_000Raw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 126
 reconstructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 126
 reconstructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 126
 reconstructedRaw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityML6740 V1691 126
 reconstructed_000Raw geolocator file -
 last number indicates the logger identityCyprus wheatears tag
 effectData to examine tag
 effects - key within fileWheatear Tag effect
 analysisR script file to examine
 tag effects