Flyway
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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] | ” |
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—Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, United Nations Environment Programme |
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[edit] Flyways of the Americas
Flyway distribution for N. American waterfowl: Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and Pacific Flyways.
[edit] Flyways of Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia
[edit] References
- ^ CMS Secretariat, 32nd Meeting of the Standing Committee (8-9 November 2007). STRATEGIC REVIEW OF FLYWAY PAPER. Bonn: UNEP/CMS Secretariat,. http://www.cms.int/species/CAF/Doc_16_Flyway_status_report.pdf.
[edit] See also
[edit] 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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