Flyway (Noun)
Meaning
The geographic route along which birds customarily migrate.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- Many birds travel the East Asian-Australasian flyway between their breeding grounds in Russia and China and their wintering grounds in Australia.
- The Bosporus strait in Turkey is an important bottleneck along the Western Eurasian-African flyway, a migration route for many European songbirds.
- Several protected areas in southern California were designated to provide a habitat for migratory birds traveling along the Pacific flyway.
- Waterbirds from Russia, Eastern Europe, and China stop over at various lakes in Korea to refuel and replenish during their migrations along the East Asian-Australasian flyway.
- Studies on migratory patterns indicate that more birds traveling along the Western Flyway overwinter in California rather than the eastern and central regions of the US.