Pied
Avocet
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04560 - Pied Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta
Combination of c-rings in
combination with the metal ring.
* first possibility :
- left tibia : combination of 3
c-rings (never the same colour over each other)
- right tibia : combination of
2 c-rings (of the same colour) and a metal ring (changing place).
- note : metal ring
‘takes part’ of the combination.
* second possibility :
- left tibia : a big yellow ring with a black line in the middle (to be
read as Y1).
- right tibia : combination of 3 c-rings (never the same colour over
each other).
- note : the metal ring is on the tarsus and is not useful for reading
the combination.
* third possibility :
-
left tibia : a big yellow ring with a black line in the middle (to be read as
Y1).
-
right tibia : combination of 3 c-rings (never the same colour over each other).
- note : the metal ring is on the tarsus and is not useful for reading
the combination.
* fourth possibility :
-
left tibia : 1 c-ring (six different colours possible) over a white ring coded
with a black “X” or “ black “O”.
-
right tibia : combination of 2 c-rings (never the same colour over each other).
-
note : the metal ring is on the tarsus and is not useful for reading the
combination.
* fifth possibility :
-
left tibia : 1 c-ring (six different colours possible) over a light-green flag.
(to be read as ‘Lime flag = Lf’)
-
right tibia : combination of 3 c-rings (never the same colour over each other).
-
note : the metal ring is on the tarsus and is not useful for reading the
combination.
used colours are : White : W ;
Green, : G ; Yellow : Y : Lime : L ; Red : R ; Orange : O ; Black : B.
contact : Guillaume Gélinaud ;
email : sepnb.sene@wanadoo.fe
note 1 : birds are ringed in the
Morbihan and Loire- Atlantique, Marais de Guérande et du Mès, France.
note 2 : schematic overview, but in
French : programme de baguage sur Avocette élégante
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Combination of c-rings in combination with
the metal ring.
* first possibility :
- left tibia : a big red ring
with two white lines in the middle (sometimes looking yellow) (to be read as
R11)
- right tibia : combination of
3 c-rings (never of the same colour over each other).
-
note : the metal ring is on the tarsus and is not useful for reading the
combination.
* second possibility :
-
left tibia : a big green ring with one white line in the middle (to be read as
G1)
- right tibia : combination of
3 c-rings (never of the same colour over each other).
-
note : the metal ring is on the tarsus and is not useful for reading the
combination.
* third possibility :
- left tibia : 1 c-ring (six different colours
possible) over a green ring coded with a white
“X” or “ white “O”.
-
right tibia : combination of 2 c-rings (could be the same colour over each
other).
-
note : the metal ring is on the tarsus and is not useful for reading the
combination.
used colours are : White : W ;
Green, : G ; Yellow : Y : Lime : L ; Red : R ; Orange : O ;
contact : Nicolas
Gendre : e-mail : nicolas.gendre@lpo.fr
note 1 : birds are ringed in
the Vendée, Ile de Noirmoutier and
note 2 : schematic overview,
but in French : programme de
baguage sur Avocette élégante
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Combination of c-rings in
combination with the metal ring.
- left tibia : combination of 3
c-rings (never of the same colour over each other).
- right tibia : combination of
2 c-rings (never of the same colour over each other) and a metal ring (changing
place).
- note : metal ring
‘takes part’ of the combination and is always on the right tibia.
used colours are : White : W (since
2005) ; Green, : G ; Yellow : Y : ; Red : R ; Orange : O ; Black : B.
contact : Dr. Herrmann Hoetker,
NABU-Institut Bergenhusen, Goosstroot 1, D-24861 Bergenhusen, Deutschland.
tel.: +49-48.85-570 ; fax: +49-48.85-585
email : nabu-inst.hoetker@t-online.de
note 1 : birds are ringed in
note 2 : schematic overview,
but in French : programme de baguage
sur Avocette élégante
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Combination of c-rings in
combination with the metal ring.
-
left or right tibia : a big white or
yellow ring with a black 3 alpha-numeric code.
a
big black or green ring with a white 3 alpha-numeric code.
-
opposite tibia : metal ring.
contact : Oficina de Anillamiento, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Apdo.
Correos nr4, SP-21760 Matalascañas (Almonte), Huelva, Spain.
tel. : +34-959-44.00.32. ; fax.:
+34-959-44.00.33
e-mail : anillamiento@ebd.csic.es
note 1 : schematic overview,
but in French : programme de
baguage sur Avocette élégante
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Combination of c-rings in
combination with the metal ring.
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left or right tibia : green ring
with white 3 alphanumeric code separated by a bar.
-
left or right tarsus : metal ring.
contact : Milvus-GOES (Grupo Ornitologico del Estrecho), Aptdo. De Correos 351,
SP-11300 La Linea, Cádiz, Spain.
e-mail : goes.anillas@arrakis.es
e-mail : manuellobon@yahoo.es
note 1 : this project started during spring
’05 in Cádiz (
note 2 : the plastic rings are 40mm. High and
20mm. wide.
note 3 : 270 birds were ringed with a numeric
code during 2005.
note 4 : the position of the metal and c-ring can
change.
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Combination of c-rings in
combination with the metal ring.
-
left tibia : combination of 2
c-rings (rinbgs are quite broad).
-
left tarsus : metal ring (on the
same side as the c-rings).
contact : Stefan Hage, Vallingsvägen 30, 432-37
Varberg, Sweden.
e-mail: hage.lennartsson@telia.com or hages@varberg.se
note 1 : the project started in May '98 in Getteron,
Varberg (
note 2 : for 1998 the colour was red and for the
different localities was used red (Getteron) and white (Baatafjorden).
note 3 : for 1999 the colour is yellow.
note 4 : schematic overview,
but in French : programme de baguage
sur Avocette élégante
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Combination of 3 c-rings in
combination with the metal ring.
- left or right tibia :
blue ring over metal ring.
- other tibia : combination
of other c-rings.
contact : SEO/BirdLife. Cantabria, Grupo Ornitológico SEO-Monticola ; Edificio
de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. 28049 Madrid. Spain.
e-mail : seo-monticola@seo.org
OR cantabria@seo.org
note 1 : used colours are : red, white, blue and green.
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Combination
of white coded and green ring and metal ring.
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left tibia : white ring with a
black 2 alphanumeric code.
-
right tibia : green ring as scheme
marker over the metal ring.
contact : SOVON Dutch Centre for
Field Ornithology, t.a.v. Frank Majoor, Rijksstraatweg 178, 6573 DG
Beek-Ubbergen, The Netherlands.
e-mail : frank.majoor@sovon.nl
website www.frankmajoor.nl
note 1 : used codes: 00-99, 0A-0Z,
1A-1Z, 2A-2Z, 3A-3Z, 4A-4Z and 5A-5Z
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Combination of 3 c-rings in
combination with the metal ring.
-
left or right tibia : combination
of 2 c-rings.
-
other tibia : yellow ring over the
metal ring.
contact : John Middleton,
e-mail: johnmiddleton@bmarket.freeserve.co.uk
note 1: the project started in 1990 by the North West
Norfolk Ringing Group with the ringing annually since.
note 2: used colours are black, white, red, yellow,
green, lime-green, dark-blue, pale-blue, orange.
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Combination of coded yellow ring
and red ring and the metal ring.
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left tibia : yellow ring with
alphanumeric code.
-
right tibia : red ring as scheme
marker.
-
right tarsus : metal ring.
contact : Jacob Salvig, Ringmærkningscentralen, Zoologisk Museum, 15 Universitetsparken, 2100 K¢benhavn ¢, Denmark.
e-mai l: zoojas@svendborg-kom.dk
note 1: used series are A01-A99 and B01-B99.
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Black coded ring and metal ring.
- left or
right tibia OR left or right tarsus : black ring with a white 3-alphanumeric
code (1 letter and 2 numbers).
- left or
right tarsus : metal ring.
contact : Instituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica,
INFS, via Ca' Fornacetta 9, 40064 Ozzano Emilia BO - Italy.
e-mail: nicola.baccetti@infs.it
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Black coded ring and metal ring.
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left tibia or tarsus OR tibia :
black ring with white 2 numeric code.
-
left or right tarsus OR tibia :
metal ring.
contact : Jose Maria Fernandez
Zapata, C/Galaxia 11, Puerto Real , 11510 Cádiz, Spain.
e-mail : socrates@nexo.es
note 1 : this project started during April '98 in
Bahia de Cádiz, Cádiz (SW Spain) and will continue for at least five years.
note 2 : c-rings are 15mm. high and 8 mm. wide.
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White or green coded ring.
Norman Van Swelm, Ornithologisch Station Oostvoorne,
P.O.Box 305, 3233 ZG Oostvoorne, The Netherlands.
tel./fax.: +31-181-48.48.16.
e-mail : norman.vanswelm@wxs.nl
note 1 : this project-leader pretends that a life-list
has to be provide "life". You won't receive any news on paper, only
when you phone him.
note 2 : see also the other Dutch Project
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Combination of 2 c-rings (on one
leg) and dyed.
contact : Ib Clausager, Nat. Env. Research Inst., Dept. of Coastal Zone Ecology, Kal¢. Grenåvej 12, 8410
R¢nde, Danmark.
note 1 : six dyed-red birds and fifteen birds ringed
during summer 1988.
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Combination of 2 c-rings and 1 alu. ring
(some with colour-tape).
contact : Szabolcs Lengyel, Department of Zoology,
University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Egyetem ter 1., Hungary.
tel.: +36-(52) 512-900/2334 , fax: +36-(52) 310-936
e-mail : szabolcs@www.hnp.hu
note 1 : following colours have been used: white,
yellow, orange, red, dark-green, dark-blue and black.
note 2 : very good and detailed information on this project.
Adoption of alien chicks of
Avocet in Hungary.
I started the colour-ringing project to study whether
adoption of alien chicks by parents occurs in the Hungarian population of
Avocets. Also, we are interested in the post-breeding movements and next-year
return rates of fledged chicks. As Hungarian Avocets are known to winter in
many different areas of Europe (starting from the Atlantic coast of France to
North Africa and Italy), it is very important that all resightings are reported
at the address given below.
During the project we ringed chicks above the tarsometatarsus at the nest right after hatching. The chicks were ringed with the following three rings: one aluminum ring of the Hungarian Ornithological Society (HOS) and 2 colour rings. I used seven colours: white, yellow, orange, red, dark green, dark blue and black. The three rings could be placed anywhere above the tarsometatarsus of chicks in any order, which gave me a high number of combinations. I used one combination for each brood and differentiated among chicks with sticking a piece of tape on the HOS aluminum rings. The tape could be either of the following four colours: white, yellow, red, black. The tape pieces came off in a few weeks but there still may be some grown-up chicks running around with the tape on the aluminum ring, which makes reading of the rings a little more difficult. I ringed almost 800 chicks between 1998 and 2000 and one adult (this latter one was ringed with one HOS aluminum ring - with no tape attached to it - and three colour rings). Of the colours used, blue is know to fade into a very-hard-to-tell colour, and the aluminium ring becomes yellowish after some years. We plan to continue the colour-ring program in 2003.