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.

— 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

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