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. 2018 Aug 29;13(8):e0198688. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198688

Table 1. Overview of individual trip statistics of 17 adult Tawaki performing their pre-moult dispersal after completion of the breeding season 2016.

Trip destinations (‘Trip Dest’) could be broadly distinguished as Subtropical Front (STF) and Subantarctic Front (SAF). Abbreviations for landfall locations are Gorge River (GR), Sutherland Sound (SS), and Dusky Sound (DS); see Fig 1 for an overview of tracks and locations. Travel speed (Daily travel distance) is provided as Median and range.

BirdID Sex Body mass [kg] Trip Start Trip End / Last Fix Trip Duration
[days]
Landfall location Trip Length [km] Max Range [km] Trip Dest Trip reversal Outward journey [days] Inbound journey [days] Daily travel distance
[km/day]
median range
Complete Trips
F45 female 2.50 18-12-16 22-02-17 66 GR 5,381 1,973 SAF 26.01.17 39 23 69.7 0.7–222.8
M49 male 3.60 05-12-16 20-02-17 77 GR 5,597 2,252 SAF 16.01.17 42 35 68.9 1.8–180.5
F50 female 2.90 19-11-16 01-02-17 74 GR 4,459 1,617 STF 27.12.16 38 36 64.4 4.2–178.8
M42 male 3.05 22-11-16 27-01-17 66 SS 3,505 1,371 STF 01.01.17 40 26 54.8 1.3–122.9
F48 female 2.95 03-12-16 08-02-17 67 DS 6,801 2,288 SAF 08.01.17 36 31 83.0 5.0–215.8
Inbound journey incomplete
M44 male 3.40 13-12-16 02-02-17 51 4,870 2,440 SAF 24.01.17 42 69.9 1.0–222.8
M46 male 3.85 05-12-16 22-01-17 48 3,448 1,564 STF 28.12. 16 23 70.9 3.7–139.1
M52 male 3.95 01-12-16 18-01-17 48 4,244 2,245 SAF 06.01.17 36 78.4 3.1–225.4
F60 female 2.90 01-12-16 11-01-17 41 2,993 1,392 STF 27.12. 16 26 58.7 1.3–122.4
Outward journey incomplete
F47 female 3.00 30-11-16 08-12-16 8 473 364 36.2 7.1–89.1
M51 male 3.20 01-12-16 28-12-16 27 1,798 1,594 61.3 2.3–134.9
F53 female 2.65 01-12-16 03-12-16 2 154 153 14.7 3.8–63.7
M54 male 3.45 06-12-16 26-12-16 20 1,420 1,167 47.9 3.4–131.7
M56 male 3.40 11-12-16 21-12-16 10 927 828 59.5 0.4–142
M58 male 3.00 04-12-16 19-12-16 15 1,121 888 62.3 1.0–172.8
M59 male 3.25 12-11-16 06-01-17 55 2,686 1,280 49.6 3.1–101.2
F61 female 2.95 11-12-16 01-01-17 21 2,057 1,635 76.2 2.0–177.3