| WI - Cormorant Research Group | Colour-ringing | last updated on 27-06-2025 |
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Pygmy Cormorant P. pygmeus Colour-ringing Projects in Europe |
Croatia - Czeck Republic - Greece - Hungary
- Israel - Italy - Romania - Serbia
Style 4 - Colour rings with a two character inscription
| Ring colour |
Inscription colour |
Style | Type | Leg | No. ringed |
Years | Project leader/coordinator |
Ringing scheme |
| Yellow | Black | 4 | L / R | 8 | 2006-2007 | T. Mikuska | Croatia |
The project will start in the 2004 breeding season.
Style 2 - Colour rings with a two character inscription
| Ring colour |
Inscription colour |
Style | Type | Leg | No. ringed |
Years | INFO
Project leader/coordinator |
Ringing scheme |
| Yellow | Black | 2 | 2024 | new
project starts in spring 2024 codes will be: A1-A9, B0-B9, C0-C9, D0-D9, E0-E9 jarasim@seznam.cz |
Czeck Republic |
Style 2 - Colour rings with a two character inscription
| Ring colour |
Inscription colour |
Style | Type | Leg | No. ringed |
Years | Project leader/coordinator |
Ringing scheme |
| White | Black | 2 | ? | 200 | ? | T. Naziridis | Greece |
The project has been stopped.
Hungary -
https://mme.hu/en/magyarorszagmadarai/madaradatbazis-phapyg
| Ring colour |
Inscription colour |
Style | Type | Leg | No. ringed |
Years | Project leader/coordinator |
Ringing scheme |
| Green | White | 3 | R / L | 2006 -> | P. Szinai szinai @freemail.hu |
Hungary | ||
| Green | White | 3 | R / L | 2025 ... | karcza.zsolt
karcza.zsolt @mme.hu |
Hungary |
| Ring colour |
Inscription colour |
Style | Type | Leg | No. ringed |
Years | Project leader/coordinator |
Ringing scheme |
| Blue | White | 3 | L / R | few dozens
ringed every year with codes like: A01-A99, B01-B99, C01-C99 |
2005-2011 | O. Hatzofe | Israel |
Style 3 - Colour rings with a three character inscription
| Ring colour |
Inscription colour |
Style | Type | Leg | No. ringed |
Years | Project leader/coordinator |
Ringing scheme |
Example |
|
| Orange | Black | 3 (a) | R / L | 180 (89 total readings) |
2001-2008 |
Italy | ||||
| Orange | Black | 3 (a) | R / L | 52 | 2007-2014 | S. Volponi | Italy | |||
(a) The first letter is always a I (without serif)
standing for Italy.
Until June 2003 we have recorded several local resighthings and a
very recent observation of a two years old bird breeding in a
colony in the northern part of the Lagoon of Venice (L. Panzarin,
pers. comm.). Of 20 nestlings ringed in 2003, 13 (i.e. 65%) have
been seen during the following winter/spring.
Style 3 - Colour rings with a three character inscription
| Ring colour |
Inscription colour |
Style | Type | Leg | No. ringed |
Years | Project leader/coordinator |
Ringing scheme |
| White | Black | 3 (a) | 100 | send observation to the Romanian Ornithological Center or the to webmaster | Romania |
(a) The first letter is always a A; code are A00-A99
Style 3 - Colour rings with a three character inscription
| Ring colour |
Inscription colour |
Style | Type | Leg | No. ringed |
Years | Project leader/coordinator |
|
| Red | White | 3 | ? | 2006 | M. Tucakov | Yugoslavia |