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A flyway is an operational concept linked to waterfowl whose population one wishes to manage over their entire migration space. [2] Central Asian, East Asian-Australasian, and West Pacific migratory bird flyways. The CAF range is centered on one of the three major wintering areas of waterfowl in the Old World, the Indian subcontinent.
An alternative definition is that a flyway is the entire range of a migratory bird, encompassing both its breeding and non-breeding grounds, and the resting and feeding locations it uses while migrating. [2] There are four major north–south flyways in North America and six covering Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia.
The others are the Central Flyway, the Pacific Flyway and the Atlantic Flyway. Hundreds of pelican congregate in a Mississippi River backwater Saturday, March 16, 2024 in Alma, Wisconsin.
The Mississippi Flyway is a bird migration route that generally follows the Mississippi, Missouri, and Lower Ohio Rivers in the United States across the western Great Lakes to the Mackenzie River and Hudson Bay in Canada. The main endpoints of the flyway include central Canada and the region surrounding the Gulf of Mexico. [1]
Waterfowl hunters at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Waterfowl hunting is the practice of hunting aquatic birds such as ducks, geese and other waterfowls or shorebirds for sport and meat. Waterfowl are hunted in crop fields where they feed, or in areas with bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, ponds, wetlands, sloughs, or coasts. [1]
Studies about these areas in the key habitats along the flyway may prove useful to conservation of migratory birds. [5] Besides, the current Flyway Site Network mainly focuses on water birds, neglecting the protection of remained migratory birds. Scientists claim that organizations and laws focusing on protecting these birds may be needed. [5]
The East Atlantic Flyway is a migration route used by about 90 million birds annually, passing from their breeding areas in the United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Siberia and northern Europe to wintering areas in western Europe and on to southern Africa. [1] [2] It is one of the eight major flyways used by waders and shorebirds. [3]
Waterfowl flyways in the United States. The Atlantic Flyway is in violet. The Atlantic Flyway is a major north-south flyway for migratory birds in North America. The route generally starts in Greenland, then follows the Atlantic coast of Canada, then south down the Atlantic Coast of the United States to the tropical areas of South America and the Caribbean. [1]