Flyway
For the Iowa State University journal, see Flyway (magazine). For routes taken by airplanes, see Airway (aviation).
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. 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