East Atlantic Flyway
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title:
East Atlantic Flyway
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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. It is one of the eight major flyways used by waders and shorebirds. The migrants follow a great circle route, which is shorter although more challenging. When avoiding the barriers created by the Sahara Desert and Atlas Mountains, Europe
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Migration route used by many bird species
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Atlantic_Flyway
date created:
2008-12-21T22:14:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T00:27:52Z
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