Gulls

species:

Mediterranean Gull

scientific name:

Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

notes:

Black ring with a white four alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : starting letter "X" followed by 1 letter and 2 numbers.

note 2 : there is a small check-dot on different levels between letter X and second sign.

note 3 : rings are to be read from bottom to top.

note 4 : two birds (XC88 and XC00) are ringed in Saxony, South-eastern Germany.

note 5 : pay attention as mostly Black-headed Gull is ringed with this code.

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colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

Black (Niger) [N]

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

Four alpha-numeric code (4 letters/numbers).

countries where ringed:

Germany.

Images:

First letter/number (of the c-ring):