Harriers
species:
Montagu's Harrier
scientific name:
Circus pygargus
notes:
One wingtag (red on left wing and yellow on right wing) with the same inscription.
note 1 : two codes for different area are in use:
- in East Extremadura (southwest Spain) only one letter or a number plus a letter are used (ex. A, B, 1A, 5V)
- in West Extremadura (southwest Spain) only one number or a letter plus a number are used (ex. 1,4, C1, A3)
note 2 : This wingtag project started in 2006 before this year white colour ring with black alphanumeric code was used. More than one hundred Montagu’s Harrier was wingtagged.
note 3 : Project is a part of the Montagu’s Harrier Conservation program of the Junta de Extremadura. Birds are wintagging by ringers of NATUREX.
email sighting submit:
colour-ring type:
Wingtag : coded.
countries where ringed:
Spain.