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English to Indonesian: Cuckoos' 5,000km journey tracked by satellite (Perjalanan Burung Tekukur Sepanjang 5000 km dapat dilacak) General field: Science Detailed field: Science (general)
Source text - English Scientists from the British Trust for Ornithology have tracked the migration routes of five British cuckoos, using tiny satellite-tracking tags.
The team caught and tagged the birds in June and fitted them with trackers, which fitted like miniature backpacks.
All five birds have now reached Africa.
Having started their journeys from the same breeding ground in East Anglia, the birds are now distributed across 3,000km (1,860 miles) of the continent.
Dr Chris Hewson from the BTO explains how the miniature satellite trackers are fitted and how they work
Their tags automatically switch on once every two days for 10 hours. They send off a radio signal revealing their whereabouts, which is picked up by a satellite.
The cuckoo-tracking team, led by the BTO's Chris Hewson, is able to follow the birds from the comfort of the trust's headquarters in Thetford.
"We can log on to their website and download the most recent messages from each of the tags and download that onto a map," Dr Hewson explained to BBC Nature. "So we can get an almost live picture of where the birds are."
Four of the birds have already crossed the Sahara; two are in southern Chad, one is in northern Nigeria and the fourth one is in Burkina Faso. One cuckoo is lagging slightly behind the rest and has made it as far as Morocco.
"He was last seen about 20km outside Casablanca," said Dr Hewson.
"The bird that has travelled furthest, Chris, has already flown almost 5,000km to Chad. We're expecting him to go further than that - possibly as far as 6-7,000km."
Crossing the Sahara is one of the major sources of mortality for many migrants, so the team is relieved that almost all the birds have made it safely across the desert.
The team wants to find out what environments the birds rely on and where they stop off to feed along the way.
"Migratory birds don't just have a breeding area and a wintering area, they also have staging posts where they spend different amounts of time," said Dr Hewson.
"Because Britain and Europe as a whole is getting warmer, they need to get back earlier and earlier to their breeding grounds.
"If we don't know exactly where they are, we won't know where the bottlenecks are that might be preventing the cuckoos from getting back to Brtain.
"So we're particularly interested in where the birds are fattening up before the final journey to Britain."
Translation - Indonesian Perjalanan Burung Tekukur Sepanjang 5000 km dapat dilacak
Para iluwan dari British Trust for Ornitologi (BTO) telah mengikuti rute migrasi dari 5 burung tekukur, menggunakan satelit kecil pelacak.
Tim menangkap burung-burung tersebut dan memasangkan pelacak pada bulan Juni berupa miniatur tas punggung.
Kelima burung itu kini telah mencapai Afrika. Setelah memulai perjalannnya dari tempat yang sama di Anglia barat, burung-burung tersebut kini sudah menyebar sekitar 3000 km.
Dr Chris Hewson dari BTO menjelaskan bagaimana kinerja alat pelacak tersebut.
Tag mereka secara otomatis menyala setiap sekali dalam dua hari selama 10 jam. Mereka mengirimkan sinyal radio yang mengungkap keberadaan mereka, yang dikirimkan oleh satelit.
“kita dapat memasuki situs web mereka dan mengunduh pesan terbaru dari masing-masing tag dan mengunduh mereka ke peta, maka kita akan mendapatkan sebuah gambar dimana burung-burung itu berada”. Jelas Dr Hewson kepada BBC Nature.
Empat burung telah melintas Sahara; dua di selatan Chad, satu di utara Nigeria dan yang ke empat ada di Burkina Faso. Satu lagi tertinggal di belakang dan baru sampai Maroko. "He was last seen about 20km outside Casablanca," said Dr Hewson.
“burung yang terbang sangat jauh, chris, telah menempuh 5000 km ke Chad. Kami memperkirakan dia pergi lebih jauh dari itu- kemungkinan 6000 sampai 7000 km.”
Melintasi Sahara adalah satu tempat penyebab kematian bagi banyak imigran, maka tim lega karena semua burung berhasil menyeberangi sahara dengan selamat.
Tim ingin mengetahui lingkungan seperti apa yang diandalkan oleh burung-burung tersebut dan dimana mereka berhenti untuk mendapatkan makanan.
“Karena Inggris dan Eropa adalah tempat yang hangat, maka mereka harus segera kembali untuk berkembang biak”. “jika kita tidak tahu dimana mereka tepatnya, kita tidak akan tahu penyebab mereka terhambat pergi ke Inggris. Maka dari itu kami tertarik dengan tempat dimana burung-burung itu menggemukkan diri sebelum perjalanan ke Inggris” (bbc/ambar)
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