Avocets

species:

Pied Avocet

scientific name:

Recurvirostra avosetta

notes:

Combination of :
* one dark-green ring with a white 3 alpha-numeric code, separated by a bar (on left or right tibia)
* metal ring (on left or right tarsus).

note 1 : this project started during spring ’05 in Cádiz (SW Spain) and will continue for at least 5 years.

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.

email sighting submit:

email sighting submit (2):

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

Dark Green [G]

countries where ringed:

Spain.