What is the duration of migration of Siberian cranes?

Answer 1

Five successfully tracked cranes rested for a long period

at one or two stopover sites and spent only 1 or 2

nights at the other sites (Fig. 3). They migrated quickly

between their breeding sites and Qiqihar-Baicheng area

(Russian territory). We identified 88 stopover sites

between their breeding sites and Qiqihar-Baicheng.

Most sites were used for only 1 or 2 days but seven sites

were used for 3-4 days, and two sites for 8-9 days by

some birds (overall mean 1.51 days, n=110). From

Qiqihar-Baicheng to the wintering area of Poyang Lake

in Chinese territory, the birds used fewer stopover sites

but for longer periods at each: Qiqihar-Baicheng area

18-28 days (mean 23.6 days, n=6), Shuangtaizi River