Storks

species:

White Stork

scientific name:

Ciconia ciconia

notes:

Blue ring with a 4 white alpha code : first letter is I.

note 1 : scheme ran until 2006, since then White Storks in Italy ringed with ELSA rings, details here: http://www.cr-birding.org/node/1703.

note 2 : many hundreds of birds ringed before scheme ended.

note 3 : letters after the I restricted to: A, B, C, D, F, H, J, K, L, N, P, S, T, V, Z.

note 4 : used combinations ranged from IAAA-IAAZ to IHLA-IHLZ.

note 5 : for marking scheme info. , please refer to : stefano.volponi@isprambiente.it

note 6 :

email sighting submit:

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

Dark Blue [B]

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

Four alpha code (4 letters).

countries where ringed:

Italy.

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