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Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

trekbaan; trekroute

English translation:

migratory route; migration route

Added to glossary by Michael Beijer
Mar 24, 2015 14:40
9 yrs ago
Dutch term

trekbaan

Non-PRO Dutch to English Science Zoology
van trekvogels (de route die ze volgen dus)
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 migratory route
3 flyway
Change log

Mar 25, 2015 11:29: Terry Costin changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Mar 30, 2015 14:25: Michael Beijer Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Michael Beijer, sindy cremer, Terry Costin

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Discussion

writeaway Mar 24, 2015:
Are you aware that you can find terms by looking in dictionaries or searching the www? Lots of us do that when we have a text to translate.

Proposed translations

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migratory route

Sounds about right.

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Note added at 2 mins (2015-03-24 14:43:26 GMT)
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or "migration route"

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Note added at 6 mins (2015-03-24 14:47:25 GMT)
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"Migratory routes and wintering grounds are traditional and learned by young during their first migration with their parents. Some ducks, such as the garganey Anas querquedula, move completely or partially into the tropics. The European pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca also follows this migratory trend, breeding in Asia and Europe and wintering in Africa." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_migration )

"The East Asian/Australasia Flyway is, globally, one of the major migration routes for a whole swathe of species (see EAAF for more details).

[…]

However, the area is a major migratory route for seabirds – with large numbers of species that breed in New Zealand following routes that take them to Chile, the North-West American coast and Japanese waters, sometimes within one non-breeding season." (http://www.birdlife.org/pacific/programmes/migratory-birds-a... )

"Repeated example of annual cycle of cuckoo migratory route: through Italy in autumn, wintering in Congo Basin, and spring return via west Africa, taking western route through Iberia

[…]

However, migration routes vary considerably between species, and even among individuals within a population. " (http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/state-of-the-uks-birds_tcm9-38... )

"However, it is also one of most poorly studied of the world’s major migration routes. Remarkably little is known about the populations and ecology of many of its songbird migrants, which rely on habitats along the migratory route for their survival." (http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/newsitem.asp?c=11&cate=__... )

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Note added at 4 hrs (2015-03-24 18:56:47 GMT)
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Dutch synonym: "trekroute"
Peer comment(s):
agree Barend van Zadelhoff : Also and more frequently: trekroute. Also on IATE NL -> EN - trekroute - migratory route. Not too difficult.
20 mins
Thanks!
agree Kitty Brussaard
4 hrs
Thanks!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Not quite sure why I was having such an anxiety attack about deciding which term to go with for this one! Chalk it up to too many hours immersed in a rather overwhelmingly huge document. . . Thanks for your input, though. Much appreciated."
4 hrs

flyway

Or more fully: migratory flyway. Plenty of relevant hits on the internet.

Unlike mammals, birds and butterflies travel from one place to another by flying.

Roads and neighborhoods are less of a danger to species that can fly. Birds and butterflies face different kinds of challenges on their journeys between their summer breeding and winter feeding grounds.
(...)
A flyway is a pathway used by migratory birds and insects. Birds tend to take predictable routes to get from the winter feeding grounds to the summer breeding grounds and back. Flyways usually occur along coastlines, major rivers and near mountains. Conservationists can help threatened bird and butterfly populations by protecting habitat along major migratory flyways.
http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Conservation/Flyways-an...
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