Do nearctic northern wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa) migrate nonstop to Africa?

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 446-451

  Thorup, Kasper ^a   Ortad, Troels Eske Eske ^a   Rabøl, Jøgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Maximum flight range; Migration; Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa; Transoceanic flights

Indexed keywords

OENANTHE (AVES); OENANTHE OENANTHE; OENANTHE OENANTHE LEUCORHOA;

EID: 33646878965     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[446:DNNWOO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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