World Migratory Bird Day

World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the conservation of migratory birds and their habitats.

- Bird migration is one of the great wonders of the natural world. In fact, roughly one in five bird species migrate. Migratory birds fly hundreds and thousands of kilometres to find the best ecological conditions and habitats for feeding, breeding and raising their young. When conditions at breeding sites become unfavourable, it is time to fly to regions where conditions are better.
- Birds which migrate follow set routes that include suitable habitats where they can stop to rest and refuel along the way. These are called FLYWAYS. Many different species share broadly similar routes, which have been loosely split into eight major flyways – think of them as bird super-highways across the sky.
Central Asian Flyway passes through India.

World Migratory Day

World Migratory Bird Day is organized by a collaborative partnership among two UN treaties -the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) -and the non-profit organization, Environment for the Americas (EFTA) since 2006.

2021 World Migratory Bird Day was celebrated with a theme Sing, Fly, Soar – Like a Bird!.
This year’s theme is an invitation to people everywhere to connect and reconnect with nature by actively listening to – and watching birds – wherever they are. At the same time the theme appeals to people around the world to use their own voices and creativity to express their shared appreciation of birds and nature.

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