Raptors

species:

Black-winged Kite

scientific name:

Elanus caeruleus

notes:

Wingtags (on left or right wing) with code and metal ring (on tarsus).

note1 : birds were marked in Cádiz (south of Spain), using a patagial wingtag on wing. Each wingtag has an alphanumeric code with letter and number (A5, 2X, 5T, 1P…), or sign + with number or letter (A+, 5+, 7+, X+…) or only sign (@, #, %,€).

note 2 : during the year 2005, 12 pulli have been tagged with yellow, white or red wingtags on left or right wing with black or white code.

note 3 : during 2006, 33 pulli and 12 adults with red wingtags on right wing were used with black code.

note 4 : during 2007, 12 pulli and 2 adults with red or grey wingtags on left wing with black code.

note 5 : this work has been developed with the Estación Biológica de Doñana and the assisment of the researcher Juan José Negro Balsameda.

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colour-ring type:

Wingtag : coded.

countries where ringed:

Spain.