About the Authors

Frank E. Rheindt

frankrheindt@yahoo.com.au

Affiliations Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tamás Székely

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Scott V. Edwards

Affiliations Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Patricia L. M. Lee

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

Terry Burke

Affiliation Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Peter R. Kennerley

Affiliation Melton, Suffolk, United Kingdom

David N. Bakewell

Affiliation Whimbrel Cottage, Wilby, Eye, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Monif Alrashidi

Affiliations Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia

András Kosztolányi

Affiliation Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Michael A. Weston

Affiliation School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia

Wei-Ting Liu

Affiliation Taiwan Wader Study Group, Department of Environmental Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan

Wei-Pan Lei

Affiliation College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Yoshimitsu Shigeta

Affiliation Bird Migration Research Center, Division of Avian Conservation, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, Abiko, Chiba, Japan

Sálim Javed

Affiliation Biodiversity Management Sector, Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Sama Zefania

Affiliation Department of Animal Biology, University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Clemens Küpper

Affiliations Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FER CK TS. Performed the experiments: FER CK. Analyzed the data: FER CK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS PLML TB PRK DNB MA AK MAW W-TL W-PL YS SJ SZ CK. Wrote the paper: FER CK. Interpretation of the data: FER CK SVE TS.