Spoonbills
species:
Eurasian Spoonbill
scientific name:
Platalea leucorodia
notes:
Combination of:
* one or two c-rings with one horizontally engraved alpha or numeric code.
* combined with one or two uncoded c-rings.
* metal ring.
note 1 : two possibilities :
* one coded c-ring on left leg and two uncoded c-rings on right leg (with or without a metal ring above the coded c-ring)
* two coded c-rings, with or without a metal ring above or below the c-ring on the left or right leg
note 2 : used colours are white (W), dark-green (G), orange (O), red (R), black (B), yellow (Y) and light-green (L)
note 3 : please note the position of the metal ring, as this can be important for identification.
note 4 : these codes have been used between 1988 and 1994 on a total of 1526 birds.
note 5 :
email sighting submit:
website information:
colour-ring type:
Legrings : combination of one coded and uncoded rings.
colour-ring code (of the c-ring):
One alpha-numeric code (1 letter or number)
countries where ringed:
The Netherlands.
