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Table 2 Distance and duration of major migratory movements for 11 satellite-tracked Grey Plovers, 2011–2014

From: Migration routes and strategies of Grey Plovers (Pluvialis squatarola) on the East Atlantic Flyway as revealed by satellite tracking

 

Total migration distance (km)

Max. nonstop flight (km)

Number of stopover sites

Number of travel days

Number of stopover days

Migration speed (km/day)

Travel speed (km/day)

(a) Entire route wintering—breeding sites

 Spring

  Median

5533

2147

6

4

77

70

1309

  Min

5013

1171

3

4

72

50

903

  Max

5640

3611

7

6

97

71

1425

 Autumn

  Median

5453

2977

5

6

46

111

891

  Min

4586

1964

4

4

20

35

575

  Max

6626

3510

6

10

145

244

1380

(b) Wadden Sea—breeding sites

 Spring

  Median

4467

3346

2

4

7

480

1358

  Min

3827

1171

1

2

0

186

836

  Max

5232

3978

5

6

18

1550

1752

 Autumn

  Median

4491

3011

3

4

31

120

1181

  Min

3598

1964

2

3

8

105

513

  Max

4727

3510

6

9

39

373

1373

(c) Wadden Sea—wintering sites

 Spring

  Median

970

566

1

1

6

188

1312

  Min

792

409

0

1

0

80

1284

  Max

1041

1041

1

1

11

1041

1370

 Autumn

  Median

1167

947

1

1

0

912

1400

  Min

900

778

0

1

0

199

1052

  Max

5375

3408

2

4

9

1937

1937

  1. Distance and duration between (a) wintering and breeding sites, (b) the Wadden Sea and Arctic breeding sites, and (c) the Wadden Sea and the wintering sites. Migration speed (km/day) is the overall migration speed, including stopover times; travel speed (km/day) is the average distance covered on travel days only. Given are the median, minimum and maximum values; for individual datasets and sample sizes see Additional file 5: Table S2