Animal Migrations

WHS where significant numbers of migratory creatures may be viewed at the appropriate time of year.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Animal Migrations':

  • Banc d'Arguin Eastern Atlantic Migratory Flyway, Birds
  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Central and Pacific Flyway (birds)
  • Curonian Spit Birds migratory flyway from North Europe to the of South Europe. Rybatschi holds the oldest bird observatory in the world.
  • Djoudj Eastern Atlantic Migratory Flyway, Birds
  • Doñana National Park Eastern Atlantic Migratory Flyway, Birds
  • Fertö/Neusiedlersee The lake is an important resting place for migratory birds
  • Ichkeul National Park Important stopping-over point for hundreds of thousands of migrating birds each year
  • Keoladeo National Park Thousands of rare and highly endangered birds such as the Siberian Crane come here during the winter season
  • Lake Turkana Migrant waterbirds
  • Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve Butterflies
  • Peninsula Valdes Elephant Seals and Southern Right Whales
  • Saryarka Important stop-over points for migrating birds from Africa, Europe, and South Asia.
  • Serengeti Wildebeest
  • Srebarna Nature Reserve Bird migration route
  • Wadden Sea East Atlantic Flyway, Birds