Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2016-04-29 12:21
Species Reference:
Melanitta americana
EoL id:
1276209
EoL DataObjectVersion id:
28912041
Subject:
http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration
Section:
Migration
Description:
Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
Migrates northward March-May, southward September-October. Atlantic Flyway wintering population is thought to come from Labrador and the west coast of Hudson Bay (Kehoe 1994).
Source:
NatureServe
Source URL:
http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Melanitta+americana
License:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Rights Holder:
NatureServe