Herons

species:

Purple Heron

scientific name:

Ardea purpurea

notes:

Orange ring with a green 2 alpha-numeric code (on right tibia) and metal ring (left tibia or tarsus).

note 1 : the project runs for an ecological and behavioural reproduction study in one of the most important European wetlands ‘Ria de Aveiro’.

note 2 :

email sighting submit:

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

Orange [O]

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

Two alpha-numeric code (2 letters/numbers).

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

Tibia right.

countries where ringed:

Portugal.