{"id":71992,"date":"2026-05-13T12:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/?p=71992"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:43:13","slug":"the-flyways-birds-use-to-migrate-across-continents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/the-flyways-birds-use-to-migrate-across-continents\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flyways Birds Use to Migrate Across Continents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-sand-neutral-tint-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map4-1280x642.png\" alt=\"Map of Flyways\" class=\"wp-image-72286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map4-1280x642.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map4-720x361.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map4-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map4-1536x770.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map4-2048x1027.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map4-480x241.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Shorebird Flyways of the World.&nbsp;<\/strong>Shorebirds and waterfowl often migrate along established flyways.&nbsp;<em>Map courtesy of International Wader Study Group.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default bird-songs-nav has-sans-font-family has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/the-basics-how-why-and-where-of-bird-migration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17717\">Migration Basics<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/the-basics-migration-navigation\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"18686\">Navigation<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/the-flyways-birds-use-to-migrate-across-continents\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"71992\">Flyways<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/the-evolution-of-bird-migration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"30143\">Evolution of Migration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<style>\n.bird-songs-nav a { display: inline-block; padding: 0 .5rem; position: relative; text-decoration: none; }\n.bird-songs-nav a:after { content: \" \"; display: block; bottom: 0; height: 2px; position absolute; width: 100%; }\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of millions of birds make long-distance migrations each year, often crossing continents and even oceans along their way. So it&#8217;s only natural that they take similar routes. These routes are called <strong>flyways<\/strong>\u2014a term for any well-established route used by large numbers and multiple species of migratory birds each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/242327141-Blackpoll-Warbler-Simon-Boivin-Quebec.jpg\" alt=\"Bird on a branch.\" class=\"wp-image-72253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/242327141-Blackpoll-Warbler-Simon-Boivin-Quebec.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/242327141-Blackpoll-Warbler-Simon-Boivin-Quebec-720x572.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/242327141-Blackpoll-Warbler-Simon-Boivin-Quebec-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/242327141-Blackpoll-Warbler-Simon-Boivin-Quebec-480x381.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Blackpoll Warbler by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/242327141\">Simon Boivin \/ Macaulay Library<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In North America, migratory flyways occur along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, as well as along the Mississippi River Valley and Great Plains, which provide a broad route up the center of the continent. Shorebirds and waterfowl are especially likely to use these flyways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an extension of the Atlantic Flyway, some birds make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/a-new-flyway-fall-migrants-cross-the-atlantic-to-reach-south-america\/\">a marathon flight south across the Atlantic Ocean<\/a>. They take off from the northeastern United States and fly nonstop until they reach northern South America. Species that use this route include American Golden Plover, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and even the tiny Blackpoll Warbler. This route is especially popular in autumn, when prevailing winds are favorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-sand-neutral-tint-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Raptors\">Raptors Use Their Own Flyways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map-rap-1280x642.png\" alt=\"Map showing the different migratory routes of raptors.\" class=\"wp-image-72234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map-rap-1280x642.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map-rap-720x361.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map-rap-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map-rap-1536x770.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map-rap-2048x1027.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/map-rap-480x241.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Raptor Flyways of the World.<\/strong> Raptors tend to migrate over land, where they can use thermals to their advantage. When they pass through narrow passages such as Central America, Italy, and the Suez region, the restricted land can concentrate the birds into huge migrating flocks. <em>Data from Bildstein 2006.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/622589971-Osprey-Dorian-Anderson.jpg\" alt=\"Raptor flying.\" class=\"wp-image-72261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/622589971-Osprey-Dorian-Anderson.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/622589971-Osprey-Dorian-Anderson-720x572.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/622589971-Osprey-Dorian-Anderson-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/622589971-Osprey-Dorian-Anderson-480x381.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Osprey by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/622589971\">Dorian Anderson \/ Macaulay Library<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Raptors typically migrate during the day and spend a lot of time soaring. With their larger, heavier bodies and broad wings, constant flapping flight is not as efficient as it is for smaller birds. Instead, raptors search out thermals (rising columns of warm air), using them to gain altitude and then gliding until they reach the next thermal. Because of these flight requirements, they typically avoid migrating over water. And that&#8217;s why their migration flyways look so different from the routes taken by shorebirds and waterfowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Songbirds Don&#8217;t Really Use Flyways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 2010s, as technology that allowed better tracking of small birds became available, scientists discovered that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/flyways-for-flyweights-small-birds-capitalize-on-weather-patterns-during-epic-migrations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6966\">most songbirds migrate in a different pattern from larger birds<\/a>. Classic flyway species, like waterfowl, depend on a single main habitat. They migrate north and south in relatively narrow, well-defined flyways, a little like semi-trucks on an interstate.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"article-list alignright right list-style card-four \"><h2 class=\"article-list-header\">Related Stories<\/h2><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/flyways-for-flyweights-small-birds-capitalize-on-weather-patterns-during-epic-migrations\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Redstart550-e1431101247328.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Redstart550-e1431101247328.png 608w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Redstart550-e1431101247328-480x304.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"American Redstart\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/flyways-for-flyweights-small-birds-capitalize-on-weather-patterns-during-epic-migrations\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Flyways for Flyweights: Small Birds Capitalize on Weather Patterns During Epic Migrations<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>But songbirds are more like passenger cars touring back roads, fanning out in a broad front across wide stretches of forest or grassland. Songbirds also seek out favorable winds, so their migration routes are affected by climatological patterns. This is why many songbirds have &#8220;loop migrations,&#8221; with northward routes in spring that are considerably farther west than their southward journeys in autumn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flyways As Conservation Corridors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From a conservation perspective, the fact that birds concentrate along flyways means certain areas, including topographic concentration points and productive staging areas\u2014can have outsize importance to the populations of many species. If habitat loss or degradation occurs, the harm to bird populations can be especially far-reaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But at the same time, flyways allow people to concentrate conservation efforts in geographic areas that can yield wide-ranging benefits. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solucionescosteras.org\/\">Coastal Solutions Fellows program<\/a> seeks to protect shorebirds at a large scale by concentrating on conservation at points along the coastal flyways of North and South America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since birds concentrate along flyways, they can become corridors for the dispersal of diseases. An example comes from the early 2020s, when a virulent strain of avian influenza from Eurasia appeared in North America. As birds flew along flyways during their fall migration, the virus spread to South America\u2014indicating that flyways are an important consideration for scientists concerned with animal diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concentrating effect of flyways can also create spectacular birding opportunities. Quirks in the shape of coastlines such as peninsulas and isthmuses can produce massive flocks of raptors and can cause other species like songbirds and shorebirds to pause their journeys. 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