Satellite tracking of Black-Faced SpoonBill, Platalea minor

OverWe attached platform transmitter terminals (PPT) to juveniles of the black-faced spoonbill at their nesting site in Korea, and are tracking their migrations as the international collaborative research between Japan (Kyushu Univ. and Univ. of Tokyo) and Korea (Vertebrate Research Division - National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea. and Waterbird Network in Korea).

Publication:

Wood, C., Tomida, H., Kim, J.-H., Lee, K.-S., Cho, H.-J., Nishida, S., Djamaluddin, I., Hur, W.-H., Kim, H.-J., Kim, S.-H., Koike, H., Fujita, G., Higuchi, H. and Yahara, T. 2013 (published online). New perspectives on habitat selection by the Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor based upon satellite telemetry. Bird Conservation International. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0959270913000105)