Convention with the Russian Bird Ringing Centre

Object: The analysis of migratory waterbird ring recoveries in Russia will light up the following points:

• spatial and temporal distribution of species: breeding and moulting areas, migratory spring and fall stopover sites, wintering area,

• Flyway of biogeographical populations of the African- Eurasian range,

• Specific migration scheme and spring/fall migration chronology,

• Migration routes of waterbird populations in particular those stopping over or wintering in France,

• Evolution in migratory species behaviour (change of route and shortening of movements, change in wintering range, exhaustion of migration flows in Western Europe, settling ...

• Impact of global warming, changes in habitat.

Status: action started end 2010

Study of the movements of Pintails (Anas acuta) inside the African-Eurasian range, according to data from birds ringed and recovered in Russia (Kharitonov & Litvin, comm. pers., 2006).