Ornithology

Flyway

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Definition

A broad corridor of bird migration used by large numbers of species traveling between breeding and non-breeding areas.

Detailed Explanation

The world's major flyways — Atlantic Americas, Mississippi Americas, Pacific Americas, East Atlantic, Black Sea/Mediterranean, Central Asian, East Asian-Australasian, and West Pacific — concentrate millions of birds at bottleneck stopover sites. Loss of even a single critical stopover wetland can disrupt entire flyway populations. International conservation agreements like the Ramsar Convention protect wetland stopovers, recognizing that migratory species require protection across their entire flyway.

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