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Table 3 Average migration speed over land and water (km/h) during the day and night as well as highest migration speed over land and water during the day and night (km/h). C: over Caribbean Sea, G: over Gulf of Mexico

From: The use of nocturnal flights for barrier crossing in a diurnally migrating songbird

ID

Breeding ground

Migration speed land/day (mean ± SE)

Migration speed land/night (mean ± SE)

Migration speed water/day (mean ± SE)

Migration speed water/night (mean ± SE)

Highest migration speed land/day

Highest migration speed land/night

Highest migration speed water/day

Highest migration speed water/night

1598

Florida

22 ± 5

4 ± 4

50 ± 0

30 ± 1

37

32

49 C

28 C

1602

Florida

13 ± 2

4 ± 1

38 ± 12

36. ± 1

45

21

53 G

50 C

2810

Texas

21 ± 2

4 ± 1

53 ± 0

35 ± 6

31

14

53 C

43 C

48041

Texas

14 ± 2

1 ± 0

30 ± 12

2 ± 5

53

9

46 C

32 G

48042

Texas

17 ± 3

6 ± 2

53 ± 0

20 ± 0

42

26

53 G

19 G

48045

Texas

23 ± 4

3 ± 1

56 ± 9

23 ± 5

57

11

69 C

30 C

48046

Texas

17 ± 3

2 ± 0

36 ± 9

31 ± 4

42

7

57 G

41 C

48051

Texas

17 ± 25

3 ± 1

41 ± 0

0

34

18

41 C

0

48052

Texas

20 ± 5

4 ± 1

56 ± 13

37 ± 1

57

28

80 C

38 G

48794

Texas

16 ± 4

2 ± 4

13 ± 0

35 ± 0

57

6

29 G

19 G

2177

Manitoba

17 ± 3

4 ± 1

66 ± 1

31 ± 5

43

17

67 C

39 C