Autumn migration tracks ofHelopsaltes grasshopper-warblers from Northeast Asia support recent taxonomic assignments
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Autumn migration tracks ofHelopsaltes grasshopper-warblers from Northeast Asia support recent taxonomic assignments
Abstract
Migration strategies are genetically inherited in most songbirds, and closely related species can exhibit markedly contrasting migration programs. Here, we investigate the autumn migration of oneHelopsaltes grasshopper-warbler from a population near Magadan, North East Russia, based on light-level geolocation. Although often considered to belong to Middendorff's Grasshopper-warblerH. ochotensis, recent genetic studies suggest that birds from this population are more closely related to Pallas's Grasshopper-warblerH. certhiola. We compare the migratory behavior of the Magadan bird with two Pallas's Grasshopper-warblers tracked from populations in the Kolyma River valley and the Amur region, Russia. We found similar migration patterns in all three tracked individuals, with stopover sites in eastern China and wintering sites in mainland Southeast Asia, within the known range for Pallas's Grasshopper-warbler. Furthermore, based on morphological data compiled during bird ringing, we were able to confirm the presence of potential "Magadan grasshopper-warblers" during spring and autumn migration in Thailand. Our scant data provide further evidence that MagadanHelopsaltes, notwithstanding their morphological resemblance to Middendorff's Grasshopper-warbler, constitute a population of Pallas's Grasshopper-warbler.
Keywords: East Asian flyway; Helopsaltes certhiola; Helopsaltes ochotensis; Locustella; geolocation; subcerthiola.
© 2023 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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