The road to nowhere: geolocation-by-genotype traces large-scale yellow-browed warbler vagrancy to central Siberia
Joe Wynn, Jochen Dierschke, Paul Dufour, Georg Langebrake, Robert Ethan Rollins, Heiko Schmaljohann, Pablo Salmón, Martin Irestedt, Sven Künzel, Christen M. Bossu, Kristen Ruegg, Anna Schnelle, Tianhao Zhao, Yong Chee K. Sin, Franz Bairlein, , Miriam Liedvogel
This paper uses genetic data to determine the origin of vagrant yellow-browed warblers in Europe, finding they originate from central Siberia, suggesting mass misorientation.
bioRxiv · Jun 19, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition