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==Flyways of Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia== [[File:Central_Asian_Flyway_Map.png|thumb|275px|Central Asian-Indian, East Asian-Australasian and West Pacific migratory bird flyways]] The [[East Atlantic Flyway]] starts from northern North America, [[Greenland]], [[Iceland]], northern Europe and western Siberia and leads to wintering areas in western Europe and North Africa, with some birds continuing down the west coast of the continent to South Africa.<ref name=Colwell/> The [[Black Sea-Mediterranean Flyway]] starts from northern and western Siberia and leads across Asia, the [[Black Sea]] and the [[Mediterranean Sea]] to northern Africa. Little has been published about birds using this flyway.<ref name=Colwell/> The [[Asian–East African Flyway]] starts from the northern breeding grounds of water birds in Siberia and leads across Asia to East Africa. Little has been published about birds using this flyway.<ref name=Colwell/> The [[Central Asian-Indian Flyway]] starts from the northern breeding grounds of water birds in Siberia and leads across Asia to the Indian subcontinent. Little has been published about birds using this flyway.<ref name=Colwell/> The [[East Asian–Australasian Flyway]] starts at the [[Taymyr Peninsula]] in Russia and [[Alaska]] and extends southwards to southeastern Asia, Australia and New Zealand. This flyway overlaps with the West Pacific Flyway. About 60 species of shorebird use this route.<ref name=Colwell/> The [[West Pacific Flyway]] links New Zealand and the east coast of Australia, through the central Pacific Ocean and the east coast of northern Asia, including Japan and the Korean Peninsula, ending up in eastern Siberia, including the [[Chukchi Peninsula|Chukchi]] and [[Kamchatka Peninsula|Kamchatka]] peninsulas, and Alaska. This flyway overlaps with the East Asian–Australasian Flyway.<ref name=Colwell/>
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