Insights from tracking a 19 month non-stop flight of a sub-adult common swift

We present a 19 months of continuous monitored flight in a combined dataset collected through a Multi-DataLogger (MDL) geolocator on a single sub-adult common swift through serendipitous logging event. The strong correspondence between sub-adult and adult flight patterns, in both migration and overall non-breeding moonlight driven flight strategy, provides indications that this is the result of a genetically fixed trait and the learned experience during a relatively long sub-adult stage of a long-lived species like swifts. Deviations from established moonlight-driven patterns during the breeding season highlight a potential flight response to anthropogenic light sources (sky glow). Our findings refine research avenues with respect to the behaviour of sub-adult swifts in relation to migration strategies and the potential influence of sky glow on (diurnal) foraging strategies.本研究呈现一套整合数据集，该数据集通过搭载于单只亚成体普通雨燕的多数据记录器（Multi-DataLogger, MDL）型地理定位设备采集而来，涵盖了该个体长达19个月的连续飞行监测数据，采集过程依托偶然触发的日志记录事件完成。亚成体与成体的飞行模式在迁徙行为以及整体非繁殖期受月光调控的飞行策略两方面均呈现高度一致性，这表明该特征是遗传固定性状与雨燕这类长寿命物种在较长亚成体阶段习得的经验共同作用的结果。繁殖期内出现的与既定月光驱动飞行模式相偏离的现象，暗示其飞行行为可能对人为光源（天空辉光）产生响应。本研究结果为探索亚成体雨燕行为与迁徙策略的关联，以及天空辉光对（日间）觅食策略的潜在影响等研究方向提供了更细化的研究路径。