Vultures

species:

Egyptian Vulture

scientific name:

Neophron percnopterus

notes:

Green ring with 3 alpha-numeric code.
Green and red ring with 3 alpha-numeric code.
Yellow ring with 3 alpha-numeric code.

note 1: in total 81 birds were ringed in Bulgaria till 2010. Colour ringing started in 2005 when 3 adults were ringed with combination of green and red rings on both legs, continued in 2007 and 2008 when green rings were used and in 2009-2010 the rings were changed to yellow (same type as Spanish rings).

note 2: used codes are :
2005 : three adults ringed with red and green rings on both legs : B25 and M18, B12 and M19, B04 and M10.
2007 : one juvenile ringed with red and green rings on both legs - B38 and M02
2008 : 27 juveniles ringed with green ring - B01, B05, B06, B08, B09, B10, B11, B14, B16, B19, B21, B22, B23, B24, B26, B27, B28, B30, B31, B33, B34, B35, B36, B39, B40, B41, B42.
2009 : 25 juveniles ringed with yellow ring on the right leg : K00, K01, K02, K03, K04, K05, K06, K07, K08, K09, K10, K11, K12, K13, K14, K15, K16, K17, K18, KOA, KOC, KOF, KOH, KOJ, KOL
2010: 25 juveniles ringed with yellow ring on the left leg : KOT, KOP, KOR, KOU, KOV, KOX, KOW, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 338, 339, 33A, 33C, 33H, 33M, 33P, 33V, 36H, 36L, 36N, 36R.

email sighting submit:

website information:

http://www.neophron.bspb.org

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

Dark Green [G]

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

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

countries where ringed:

Bulgaria.