WI - Cormorant Research Group Colour-ringing last updated on 27-03-2024

Pygmy Cormorant P. pygmeus

Colour-ringing Projects in Europe


Croatia - Czeck Republic - Greece - Hungary - Israel - Italy - Romania - Serbia


Croatia

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.


Czeck Republic

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

Greece

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

Ring
colour
Inscription
colour
Style Type Leg No.
ringed
Years Project
leader/coordinator
Ringing
scheme
Green White 3 (a) R / L   2005 P. Szinai Hungary

Israel

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

Italy

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

S. Volponi

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.


Romania

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 2014 send observation to the Romanian Ornithological Center or the to webmaster Romania

(a) The first letter is always a A; code are A00-A99


Serbia

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