migration routes
Animal travel paths
Migration routes are the established paths that animals travel seasonally between habitats—typically breeding grounds and wintering areas.
Birds, whales, caribou, and butterflies follow these corridors, often spanning thousands of miles: The Pacific Flyway is a major migration route for waterfowl.
The term extends to historical paths of human movement: ancient migration routes across the Bering land bridge.
- trade caravansGroups transporting goods overland
- flywaysAerial migration corridors
- flight pathsPredetermined aerial travel corridors
- climate refugeesPeople displaced by environmental catastrophe
- nomadic tribesMobile communities seeking resources
fish ladders · Silk Road · nesting sites · spawning grounds · salmon run · wildlife crossings · seasonal movements · wetlands · monarch butterflies · colonial expeditions · ancient trade routes · habitat · corridors · terns · magnetic compass · herds · birdwatching · wildebeest
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- migrationimmigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration, migrants
- African Safarielephant, elephants, lions, zebras, zebra
- nomadic lifenomads, yurt, wanderers, tent, Bedouins
- travel routesSilk Road, Pacific Coast Highway, trade routes, scenic routes, scenic byways
migration routespermanent residence
Fixed long-term dwelling
home range · native grounds · wintering grounds · breeding grounds