Hemispheric view: the Americas Flyways Atlas (IMAGE)
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A powerful new online tool maps the full annual journeys of an initial 89 highly vulnerable migratory bird species across the Americas. Developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), the Americas Flyways Atlas pinpoints the critical breeding, stopover and wintering sites that migratory birds depend on to survive, many of which are under growing pressure from habitat loss, infrastructure and climate change.
Drawing on many millions of citizen-science observations submitted through the eBird platform, combined with advanced scientific modeling, the Atlas identifies “Bird Concentration Areas” – key hotspots where high abundances of CMS Appendix I or II-listed bird species gather in large numbers at different stages of their migration.
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