Flyway
For the Iowa State University journal, see Flyway (magazine). For routes taken by airplanes, see Airway (aviation). For Java database migration framework, see Flyway (software).
Migratory birds flying over Finland in October 2006.
A flyway is a flight path used in bird migration. Flyways generally span over continents and often oceans.
| “ | The concept of flyway is essentially an operational concept linked to waterfowl whose populations one wishes to manage over their entire migration space.[1] | ” | |
| — Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, United Nations Environment Programme | |||
Flyways of the Americas
Flyway distribution for N. American waterfowl: Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and Pacific Flyways.
Flyways of Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia
Central Asian, East Asian-Australasian and West Pacific migratory bird flyways
- African-Eurasian flyways
- East Atlantic Flyway
- Black Sea-Mediterranean Flyway
- West Asian-East African Flyway
- Central Asian Flyway
- East Asian - Australasian Flyway
- West Pacific Flyway
See also
- Bird migration
- Frederick Charles Lincoln, an early proponent of the flyway concept
References
- ↑ CMS Secretariat, 32nd Meeting of the Standing Committee (8–9 November 2007). STRATEGIC REVIEW OF FLYWAY PAPER (PDF). Bonn: UNEP/CMS Secretariat,.
External links
- North American Bird Migration Flyways
- Wings Over Wetlands, UNEP-GEF African-Eurasian Flyways Project
- Flyways.us - A collaborative effort of waterfowl managers across the continent
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