Bird Migration in the Americas
Bird Genoscape Story
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Bird Migration Map
Follow the paths of a hundred species of bird as they travel on their migratory routes from their breeding grounds in North America to their wintering ranges in Central and South America and back. Each dot on the map represents the average location of each bird species at the designated time of year. These data were generated by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology with the help of everyday accounts of people submitting their own bird sightings. This approach allowed the scientists to obtain many more records of these birds' average locations throughout the year.
118 birds selected
Eastern Kingbird
Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant
Least Seedsnipe
Townsend's Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Lapland Longspur
Golden-winged Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Purple Martin
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Yellow Warbler
Bullock's Oriole
Red-eyed Vireo
Black Turnstone
Prothonotary Warbler
Bobolink
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Hermit Thrush
Cerulean Warbler
Nelson's Sparrow
Solitary Sandpiper
Bay-breasted Warbler
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Blackburnian Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Cassin's Vireo
Virginia's Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Yellow-green Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Northern Parula
Crowned Slaty Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Louisiana Waterthrush
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Calliope Hummingbird
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Hermit Warbler
Rufous Hummingbird
Kentucky Warbler
Willow Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
White-rumped Sandpiper
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-throated Green Warbler
White-crested Elaenia
Dusky Flycatcher
Ovenbird
Philadelphia Vireo
Orchard Oriole
Wilson's Warbler
Western Kingbird
Le Conte's Sparrow
Chimney Swift
MacGillivray's Warbler
Bicknell's Thrush
Purple Sandpiper
White-browed Ground-Tyrant
Orange-crowned Warbler
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Lazuli Bunting
Tennessee Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Small-billed Elaenia
Southern Martin
Yellow-throated Vireo
Brown-chested Martin
Scarlet Tanager
Alder Flycatcher
Palm Warbler
American Golden-Plover
Smith's Longspur
Least Flycatcher
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Blue-headed Vireo
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Phalarope
Swainson's Thrush
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pectoral Sandpiper
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Baird's Sandpiper
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Siskin
Violet-green Swallow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant
Harris's Sparrow
Hammond's Flycatcher
Cape May Warbler
Summer Tanager
Common Nighthawk
Magnolia Warbler
Baltimore Oriole
Baird's Sparrow
Western Wood-Pewee
American Redstart
Clay-colored Sparrow
Western Tanager
Wood Thrush
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blackpoll Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant
Rusty Blackbird
Veery
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sprague's Pipit
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant
Nashville Warbler
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Connecticut Warbler
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