r
reverse migration
Phenomenon in bird migration
EntityQ3846508
- Subclass of
Overview
On other databases
1 identifiers linking reverse migration across the web's reference databases
Phenomenon in bird migration
1 identifiers linking reverse migration across the web's reference databases
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Reverse migration, also called reverse misorientation, is a phenomenon whereby a bird migrates in the opposite direction to that typical of its species during the spring or autumn. For example, if a bird breeding in central Asia reverses its normal southeasterly migration, as shown by the orange arrow, it will end up in Western Europe instead of South East Asia. This mechanism may lead to birds such as Pallas's leaf warblers turning up thousands of kilometres from where they should be. Keith Vinicombe suggested that birds from east of Lake Baikal in Siberia (circled) could not occur in western Europe because their migration routes were too north–south.