Global review of shorebird tracking data to identify research gaps and conservation priorities.

ABSTRACT: Tracking has enabled rapid advances in knowledge of the movement behavior and habitat use of shorebirds and is thus making a growing contribution to their conservation. However, realizing the full potential that tracking holds for conservation involves understanding what has been performed on shorebirds to date and identifying regional and taxonomic knowledge gaps. To this end, we reviewed the literature on 195 species across 10 shorebird families. We determined the number of shorebird tracking studies published over time, types of tracking devices used, reporting rates for data archiving in online repositories, and coverage of the major flyways by the data collected. Using Movebank, we further identified tracked species that have not appeared in the literature. We included 351 peer-review

SUBMITTER: Michel G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12856813 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature