'migratory' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It means “relating to migration or moving from one place to another.” Example: The migratory birds flew south for the winter to escape the harsh weather in their nesting grounds.
They have the smallest migratory range of any marine turtle, so when their home in Queensland is destroyed, they've really got nowhere else to go.
While the biggest entry route into the European Union for migrants remains international airports, the "eastern Mediterranean route", as Frontex – the agency set up to coordinate operational response at Europe's borders – calls the Turkish-Greek routes, is now a migratory "hotspot".
Spring hunting is banned by the EU but the Maltese authorities obtain a exemption each year, enabling its 9,798 hunters to shoot 5,000 quail and 11,000 turtle doves, the latter a migratory bird whose British population has slumped by 95% since 1970.
The fate of a proposed 50m sq miles sanctuary for migratory whales was hanging in the balance on Monday night after objections from enough delegates on the conference floor of the International Whaling Commission (IWC)'s biennial conference to block its creation.
Meanwhile, the Bombay Natural History Society seeks protection for the Sewri mudflats, which hosts 140 bird species, including migratory pink flamingoes.
The Spanish government acted as a partner with West African countries to help stop criminal gangs, easing the migratory flows.
The Star Tribune reports that experts believe the same system that brought the wintry weather blew the rust-coloured bird off its migratory course.
From the mother-and-calf humpback skeletons that hang like talismans over Sydney's Darling Harbour to the living whales which swim up and down the continent's coasts on their twice-annual migratory routes, there's a real and emotional attachment to these southern leviathans.
I am told these properties will mostly lie empty – useful collateral for the world's migratory money, ever in search of a safe haven.
Faced with increasing migratory pressures and human trafficking, the EU wants to persuade potential migrants not to attempt the increasingly deadly crossing.
You [the British] shoot lots of migratory birds such as ducks and geese but it's only bad when the Maltese do it," he said.
