Flyway

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.

• Atlantic Flyway
• Central Flyway
• Mississippi Flyway
• Pacific Flyway
• Allegheny Front

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

1. 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