Raptors
species:
Red Kite
scientific name:
Milvus milvus
notes:
Yellow wingtag (on both wings) with a black four alpha-numeric code :
SP" (to denote Spain) and two numbers.
note 1 : other used colours are : light-blue and white.
note 2 : birds where captured during wintering period at Binaced, Huesca (northeastern Spain).
note 3 : from February 2005 till November 2016 609 kites where marked with wingtags (200 yellow, 160 blues and 244 white ).
note 4 : retrapped non Spanish kites with metal ring are attached with wing tags too.
note 5 : majority of kites are attached with white PVC rings with code in black from Biological Station of Doñana.
note 6 :
email sighting submit:
email sighting submit (2):
colour-ring type:
Wingtag : coded.
colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):
Yellow [Y]
colour-ring code (of the c-ring):
Four alpha-numeric code (4 letters/numbers).
countries where ringed:
Spain.
First letter/number (of the c-ring):
SP