Eagles
species:
White-tailed Eagle
scientific name:
Haliaeetus albicilla
notes:
Combination of :
*silver ring (29mm. high) with a 4 alpha-numeric code : two letters and two numbers in 2 rows/superposed (on the left leg).
X0
Z1
* ‘gold-coloured’ ring on the right leg.
note 1 : in the five eastern federal states of Germany birds are ringed with this new type of ring on the left leg.
note 2 : rings are read/written with the four alpha-numerics after each other : used codes are AA00-AZ99, XA00-XV99 and soon XW00 to XZ99. Later the B-series will be used.
note 3 : an example: AA above, 11 below. In 2004 series AA and AB have been used ; appr. 150 nestlings are to be ringed annually for at least the next 10 years.
note 4 :
email sighting submit:
colour-ring type:
Legrings : combination of one coded and uncoded rings.
colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):
Silver/Grey [S]
colour-ring code (of the c-ring):
Four alpha-numeric code (4 letters/numbers).
countries where ringed:
Germany.