Terns

species:

Lesser Crested Tern

scientific name:

Sterna bengalensis

notes:

White ring with a black three alpha-numeric code (letter/letter/number or letter/number/number).

note 1 : used letters are : A,B,C,D,F,H,J,K,L,N,P,S,T,V,Z.
note 2 : colour ring is usually on the right and (Maltese) metal ring on the left leg for the 2007 chicks, vice versa for the 2008 chicks.
note 3 : 311 chicks were marked in August 2007 and 2008 on all 3 colonies of Eastern Libya. Project by Environment General Authority of Libya (EGA) and Regional Activities Centre / Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) of the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan, Tunis, with the collaboration of BirdLife Malta, INFS Italy and ONCFS France.
note 4 : for the third year in August 2010, 215 chicks of Lesser-crested Terns have been ringed in Libya by an international team led by Environmental General Authority (EGA - Tripoli) and Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA - Tunis).
note 5 : during 2012 in Jeliana 199 chicks and in Elba 13 chicks were ringed.

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colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):

White [W]

colour-ring code (of the c-ring):

Three alpha-numeric code (3 letters/numbers).

countries where ringed:

Libya.