According to researchers of Deakin University, they have tracked a native Australian waterbird's flight path. In order to breed in desert salt lakes, the nomadic banded stilt, which is a desert bird, flies vast distance across the country.

Reece Pedler, a researcher from Deakin University, said that they had included 21 birds in the study. Tracking devices were attached to the birds that have provided them amazing insights of mating behavior of this species. According to Pedler, the researchers have observed that mating behavior of the bird was dependent on rare and short-lived flooding events.

Pedler said that the very first colony of banded stilt breeding was found in 1930, and since then only 35 breeding colonies have been discovered.

The tracking devices, which were solar powered, have gathered important information about the species. According to tracking devices' data, the birds moved much faster and further than most other waterbirds. According to researchers, from Lake Eyre to an ephemeral lake, which is a distance of about 2200 kilometers, one bird had taken two and a half days.

Reece Pedler and other researches' study have been published in the scientific journal Biology Letters. Pedler said that the study has shown incredibility the bird's feats of movement.

According to researchers, the speed of the birds and the distance that they had covered surprised them. The way birds moved from one part of the country to another was incredible, researchers stated. They said that they are now planning to discover how the bird senses rain that has fallen thousands of kilometers away.

Pedler said that it is possible that the bird may be responding to changes in barometric pressure and the smell of rain. She also said that it was difficult to catch the birds and fit their satellite tracking devices.