Abstract
The aim of this study was to test two different models of migratory orientation in passerines passing through the Iberian Peninsula. One model predicts a change of direction in southern Europe and the other predicts that migration follows an arching route through Europe and along the West coast of Africa. Measurements of migration direction were obtained by moon‐watching at three sites in Morocco: Témara and Âin‐el‐Âouda, situated in the coastal region of Rabat, and near Douyèt, 150 km further east. There was no statistically‐significant difference between the directional distributions of migrants in the coastal region and the inland site. Overall, the mean migration direction of 211° is consistent with the model that passerines passing through the Iberian Peninsula take an arching route through southwestern Europe and along the African West coast. Thus, an endogenous change of direction, previously demonstrated experimentally for the Garden Warbler Sylvia borin, may occur gradually along the migration route.
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