Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2008, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (2): 84-89.

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Satellite tracking of the migration routes of the Waterbirds Breeding in Qinghai Lake

Chu Guozhong Hou Yunqiu Zhang Guogang Liu Dongping Daimaing Jiang Hongxing   

  1. National Bird Banding Center of China,Chinese Academy of Forestry
  • Received:2007-11-13 Revised:2007-11-24 Online:2008-04-20 Published:2008-04-20
  • Contact: Chu Guozhong

Abstract: The migration routes of Great Black-headed Gull and Bar-headed Gull breeding at Qinghai Lake were studied using satellite-tracking from July of 2006 to July of 2007. Four Great Black-headed Gulls and one Bar-headed Goose banded with satellite transmitters, arrived at their wintering sites and backed to Qinghai Lake in next year successfully. In this paper, the migration routes of Great Black-headed Gull and Bar-headed Goose were clarified, combining the application of satellite-tracking on birds migration, which provides the scientific evidences on the relationship between Avian Influenza and bird migration at Qinghai Lake, even at the Central Asia-India flyway.