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Exploratory movements have been observed in migratory songbirds across the annual cycle. These movement types are found in all age classes. For example, on the breeding grounds, a bird may prospect for extra-pair copulations (EPCs) or prospect other territories to evaluate how successful they have been, while on migration, a bird may explore a stopover site to locate food
