Data sources
Every track on this map comes from research data published on the Movebank Data Repository. We only use packages released under CC0 or CC BY 4.0.
We do not use data whose owners forbid reuse (such as shark tracker sites), or live data that needs a login and study-by-study terms.
White-naped crane, Demoiselle crane
Ilyashenko EI, Pokrovsky I, Goroshko OA, Mudrik EA, Politov D, Ilyashenko VY, Fiedler W, Wikelski M. 2024. Data from: Study "1000 Cranes. Russia. Transbaikalia.". Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.592
CC BY 4.0 (credit required) / doi:10.5441/001/1.592
License text checked 2026-09-27
Sherub S, Wikelski M. 2024. Data from: Study "Black-necked crane Bhutan (UWICE-MPIAB)". Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.601
CC BY 4.0 (credit required) / doi:10.5441/001/1.601
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Ratanakorn P, Suwanpakdee S, Wiriyarat W, Eiamampai K, Chaichoune K, Wiratsudakul A, Sariya L, Puthavathana P. 2018. Data from: Satellite telemetry tracks flyways of Asian Openbill storks in relation to H5N1 avian influenza spread and ecological change. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.1j802v05
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) / doi:10.5441/001/1.1j802v05
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Berthold P, Kaatz C, Kaatz M, Querner U, van den Bossche W, Chernetsov N, Fiedler W, Wikelski M. 2022. Data from: Study "MPIAB Argos white stork tracking (1991-2017)". Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.k29d81dh
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) / doi:10.5441/001/1.k29d81dh
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Boiko D, Wikelski M, Fiedler W. 2019. Data from: Moulting sites of Latvian whooper swan Cygnus cygnus cygnets fitted with GPS-GSM transmitters. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.f89984gn
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) / doi:10.5441/001/1.f89984gn
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Thorup K, Vega ML, Snell KRS, Lubkovskaia R, Willemoes M, Sjöberg S, Sokolov LV, Bulyuk V. 2020. Data from: Flying on their own wings: young and adult cuckoos respond similarly to long-distance displacement during migration. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.vk36vq82
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) / doi:10.5441/001/1.vk36vq82
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Smith JP. 2019. Data from: Study "HawkWatch International Golden Eagles". Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.95r77m9k
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) / doi:10.5441/001/1.95r77m9k
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Kays R, Engelmann M, Simons T. 2026. Data from: Study "LifeTrack Bald Eagle". Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.642
CC BY 4.0 (credit required) / doi:10.5441/001/1.642
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Andrews-Goff V, Gales N, Childerhouse SJ, Laverick SM, Polanowski AM, Double MC. 2023. Data from: Australia’s east coast humpback whales: satellite tag derived movements on breeding grounds, feeding grounds and along the northern and southern migration.. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.294
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) / doi:10.5441/001/1.294
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Mate BR, Palacios DM, Irvine LM, Follett TM. 2019. Data from: Behavioural estimation of blue whale movements in the Northeast Pacific from state-space model analysis of satellite tracks. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.5ph88fk2
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) / doi:10.5441/001/1.5ph88fk2
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Irvine LM, Follett TM, Winsor MH, Mate BR, Palacios DM. 2020. Data from: Study "Sperm whales Gulf of Mexico 2011-2013 - Argos data". Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.tj291471
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) / doi:10.5441/001/1.tj291471
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Hays GC, Esteban N, Rattray A. 2024. Data from: Study "Green turtles (Chelonia Mydas); Hays; Chagos Archipelago, Western Indian Ocean". Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.313
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) / doi:10.5441/001/1.313
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Hochscheid S. 2020. Data from: Study "Satellite Tracking of Oceanic Loggerhead Turtles in the Mediterranean". Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.1f1h87r8
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) / doi:10.5441/001/1.1f1h87r8
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Houstin A, Zitterbart DP, Heerah K, Eisen O, Planas-Bielsa V, Fabry B, Le Bohec C. 2022. Data from: Juvenile emperor penguin range calls for extended conservation measures in the Southern Ocean. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.sg2s0f7q
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) / doi:10.5441/001/1.sg2s0f7q
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Stahler DR. 2026. Data from: Study "Wolves, Stahler, Yellowstone National Park" [part]. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.717
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) / doi:10.5441/001/1.717
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Slotow R, Thaker M, Vanak AT. 2019. Data from: Fine-scale tracking of ambient temperature and movement reveals shuttling behavior of elephants to water. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.403h24q5
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) / doi:10.5441/001/1.403h24q5
License text checked 2026-09-27
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