Colour Ringing Projects
European Roller Colour Ringing Project
Project time period: 2024 - onwards Species No: 412 Common Name: Roller, European (Coracias garrulus ) Location: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, South Africa Person: Jessica Wilmot Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 1 number Combination: Left ring, engraved colour rings, metal ring on right. Blue leg rings with white text, one number, o |
Colour Ringing Project for Common Buzzards in the Garden Route
Project time period: November 2023 – onwards Species No: 154 Common Name: Buzzard, Common (Buteo buteo ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Andrew Marshall Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 2 or 3 numbers Combination: Left Leg: White rings with Black writing – A50 to A100 and 50A to 100A |
Breeding ecology, dispersal and site fidelity of African Skimmers in the Limpopo Province
Project time period: October 2023 - onwards Species No: 306 Common Name: Skimmer, African (Rynchops flavirostris ) Location: Limpopo, South Africa Person: Derek Engelbrecht Ring Type: Legring: 2 colours per bird Combination: Two colours per bird on the left leg. |
APNR Southern Ground Hornbill Project & Mabula Ground Hornbill Project
Project time period: ongoing for 20+ years Species No: 430 Common Name: Hornbill, Southern Ground (Bucorvus leadbeateri ) Location: , South Africa Person: Dr Kyle-Mark Middleton Ring Type: Legring: 3 letters, 4 numbers Combination: SGH 0001 - SGH 0050 | https://ground-hornbill.org.za/ OR https://apnrgroundhornbillproject.com/ |
Eurasian Shrikes in Southern Africa
Project time period: October 2021 - onwards Species No: 706 Common Name: Grey Shrike, Lesser (Lanius minor ) Location: KZN, South Africa Person: Lyndon Roberts Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 1 number Combination: Red rings with white letters/numbers A1 to Z9 |
Eurasian Shrikes in Southern Africa
Project time period: October 2021 - onwards Species No: 708 Common Name: Shrike, Red-backed (Lanius collurio ) Location: KZN, South Africa Person: Lyndon Roberts Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 1 number Combination: Blue rings with white letters/numbers A1 to Z9 |
Namibian Familiar Chat Project
Project time period: January 2023 - onwards Species No: 570 Common Name: Chat, Familiar (Oenanthe familiaris ) Location: , Namibia Person: Roy Earle Ring Type: Legring: 3 colours per bird Combination: Left leg, metal ring below one colour ring. Right leg, two different colour rings. |
Crowned Eagle Research
Project time period: 2022 - onwards Species No: 143 Common Name: Eagle, Crowned (Stephanoaetus coronatus ) Location: KZN, South Africa Person: Shane McPherson Ring Type: Legring: 3 letters Combination: Colours; a) ♂blue, ♀purple and b) ♂yellow, ♀orange; Examples purple SKY, orange RAD | https://www.facebook.com/CrownedEagleResearch |
Crowned Eagle Research
Project time period: 2012-2021 Species No: 143 Common Name: Eagle, Crowned (Stephanoaetus coronatus ) Location: KZN, South Africa Person: Shane McPherson Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 1 number Combination: Colours: Yellow, Red, Green, Blue' Black; examples: green K8, red S7 | https://www.facebook.com/CrownedEagleResearch |
Breeding biology, mating system and demography
Project time period: September 2020 - onwards Species No: 237 Common Name: Plover, Kittlitz's (Charadrius pecuarius ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Robert Thomson Ring Type: Legring: 3 colours per bird OR Legring: 1 letter 2 Combination: 3 colours per bird plus SAFRING. OR SAFRING plus 1x black ring with white alphanumeric code e.g. K12 |
Breeding biology, mating system and demography
Project time period: September 2020 - onwards Species No: 236 Common Name: Plover, Chestnut-banded (Charadrius pallidus ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Robert Thomson Ring Type: Legring: 3 colours per bird OR Legring: 1 letter 2 Combination: 3 colours per bird plus SAFRING. OR SAFRING plus 1x black ring with white alphanumeric code e.g. K12 |  |
VulPro Rehabilitation and Captive Breeding Programme
Project time period: 2021-onwards Species No: 107 Common Name: Vulture, White-backed (Gyps africanus ) Location: , Person: Kerri Wolter Ring Type: Legring: 2 numbers Combination: Numbers run from 00 - 99, variety of ring colours with either black or white numbers. |
VulPro Rehabilitation and Captive Breeding Programme
Project time period: 2021-onwards Species No: 106 Common Name: Vulture, Cape (Gyps coprotheres ) Location: , Person: Kerri Wolter Ring Type: Legring: 2 numbers Combination: Numbers run from 00 - 99, variety of ring colours with either black or white numbers. |
The costs of keeping cool: impacts of hot weather on behaviour and breeding success of white-browed
Project time period: October 2021 - March 2022 Species No: 780 Common Name: Sparrow-Weaver, White-browed (Plocepasser mahali ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Susan Cunningham Ring Type: Legring: 3 colours per bird Combination: Two rings per leg. Colours used: red, blue, white, orange, yellow |
Namibian Ruddy Turnstone Project
Project time period: 2021-onwards Species No: 232 Common Name: Turnstone, Ruddy (Arenaria interpres ) Location: , Namibia Person: Mark Boorman Ring Type: Flag : combination of coded flag and legring(s) Combination: black flag with a white two alpha code (on right tibia); red ring (on the left tibia) |
Namibian Damara tern Colour-Ringing Project
Project time period: 2021-onwards Species No: 300 Common Name: Tern, Damara (Sternula balaenarum ) Location: , Namibia Person: Mark Boorman Ring Type: Legflag: 2 letters Combination: white with AA,AC,AF,AH,AJ,AK,AL,AN,AP,AS,AT,AV,AX,AZ. The same pattern is repeated for C, F, H, J, K |
Namibian Damara tern Colour-Ringing Project
Project time period: 2021-onwards Species No: 300 Common Name: Tern, Damara (Sternula balaenarum ) Location: , Namibia Person: Mark Boorman Ring Type: Legflag: 1 letter, 1 number Combination: yellow with A0-A9,C0-C9,F0-F9,H0-H9,J0-J9,K0-K9,L0-L9,N0-N9,P0-P9,S0-S9,T0-T9,V0-V9,X0-X9,Z0-Z9, or |
Namibian Oxpecker Colour-Ringing Project
Project time period: 2021 - onwards Species No: 748 Common Name: Oxpecker, Red-billed (Buphagus erythrorynchus ) Location: , Namibia Person: Dirk Heinrich Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 2 numbers Combination: white with black letter and numbers X01 – X50 |
Namibian Oxpecker Colour-Ringing Project
Project time period: 2021 - onwards Species No: 747 Common Name: Oxpecker, Yellow-billed (Buphagus africanus ) Location: , Namibia Person: Dirk Heinrich Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 2 numbers Combination: white with black letter and numbers X01 – X50 |
Namibian Hornbill Movement Project
Project time period: 2021 - onwards Species No: 429 Common Name: Hornbill, Monteiro's (Tockus monteiri ) Location: , Namibia Person: Dirk Heinrich Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 2 numbers Combination: yellow rings with black letters/numbers H01 – H50, and white rings with black letter/number A01 –A5 |  |
Namibian Hornbill Movement Project
Project time period: 2021 - onwards Species No: 1508 Common Name: Hornbill, Northern Red-billed (Tockus erythrorhynchus ) Location: , Namibia Person: Dirk Heinrich Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 2 numbers Combination: yellow rings with black letters/numbers H01 – H50, and white rings with black letter/number A01 –A5 | |
Namibian Hornbill Movement Project
Project time period: 2021 - onwards Species No: 426 Common Name: Hornbill, Southern Yellow-billed (Tockus leucomelas ) Location: , Namibia Person: Dirk Heinrich Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 2 numbers Combination: yellow rings with black letters/numbers H01 – H50, and white rings with black letter/number A01 –A5 | http://safring.adu.org.za/color_ring_images/ColourringingMonteiro2.jpg |
Namibian Hornbill Movement Project
Project time period: 2021 - onwards Species No: 1185 Common Name: Hornbill, Damara Red-billed (Tockus damarensis ) Location: , Namibia Person: Dirk Heinrich Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 2 numbers Combination: yellow rings with black letters/numbers H01 – H50, and white rings with black letter/number A01 –A5 | |
Namibian Hornbill Movement Project
Project time period: 2021 - onwards Species No: 424 Common Name: Hornbill, African Grey (Lophoceros nasutus ) Location: , Namibia Person: Dirk Heinrich Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 2 numbers Combination: yellow rings with black letters/numbers H01 – H50, and white rings with black letter/number A01 –A5 | |
Namibian Heron and Spoonbill Farm Migration Project
Project time period: 2021 - onwards Species No: 55 Common Name: Heron, Black-headed (Ardea melanocephala ) Location: , Namibia Person: Dirk Heinrich Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 2 numbers Combination: The rings are numbered N01 – N50 |
Namibian Heron and Spoonbill Farm Migration Project
Project time period: 2021 - onwards Species No: 54 Common Name: Heron, Grey (Ardea cinerea ) Location: , Namibia Person: Dirk Heinrich Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 2 numbers Combination: The rings are numbered N01 – N50 |
Namibian Heron and Spoonbill Farm Migration Project
Project time period: 2021 - onwards Species No: 85 Common Name: Spoonbill, African (Platalea alba ) Location: , Namibia Person: Dirk Heinrich Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 2 numbers Combination: The rings are numbered N01 – N50 |
Etosha Blue Crane Project
Project time period: 2021 - onwards Species No: 216 Common Name: Crane, Blue (Grus paradisea ) Location: , Namibia Person: Dirk Heinrich Ring Type: Legring: 1 letter, 1 number Combination: Ring numbers are letters above numbers, yellow rings with black letters. A1 – A9, B1 – B9, C1 – C9, |
Honeyguide Colour Ringing Project
Project time period: 16 -18 December 2020, 22 - 25 May 2021 Species No: 442 Common Name: Honeyguide, Lesser (Indicator minor ) Location: Western Cape , South Africa Person: Claire Spottiswoode Ring Type: Legring: 2 colour rings Combination: 2 colour rings on one leg, SAFRING metal ring on other leg | www.AfricanHoneyguides.com |
Honeyguide Colour Ringing Project
Project time period: 16 -18 December 2020, 22 - 25 May 2021 Species No: 440 Common Name: Honeyguide, Greater (Indicator indicator ) Location: Western Cape , South Africa Person: Claire Spottiswoode Ring Type: Legring: 2 colour rings Combination: 2 colour rings on one leg, SAFRING metal ring on other leg | www.AfricanHoneyguides.com |
Colour ring garden doves
Project time period: October 2020 - onwards Species No: 317 Common Name: Dove, Laughing (Spilopelia senegalensis ) Location: Western Cape , South Africa Person: Dieter Oschadleus Ring Type: Legring: 1 or 2 colour rings/bird Combination: |
Colour ring garden doves
Project time period: October 2020 - onwards Species No: 314 Common Name: Dove, Red-eyed (Streptopelia semitorquata ) Location: Western Cape , South Africa Person: Dieter Oschadleus Ring Type: Legring: 1 or 2 colour rings/bird Combination: |
Sunbird Colour Ringing Project (George)
Project time period: August 2020 - onwards Species No: 760 Common Name: Sunbird, Southern Double-collared (Cinnyris chalybeus ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Andrew Marshall Ring Type: Legring: 4 digits: 1 letter, 3 numbers Combination: White number on Black ring |
Sunbird Colour Ringing Project (George)
Project time period: August 2020 - onwards Species No: 758 Common Name: Sunbird, Greater Double-collared (Cinnyris afer ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Andrew Marshall Ring Type: Legring: 4 digits: 1 letter, 3 numbers Combination: White number on Black ring |
Sunbird Colour Ringing Project (George)
Project time period: August 2020 - onwards Species No: 772 Common Name: Sunbird, Amethyst (Chalcomitra amethystina ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Andrew Marshall Ring Type: Legring: 4 digits: 1 letter, 3 numbers Combination: White number on Black ring |
Dronfield Nature Reserve Vulture Tagging
Project time period: 2005 - onwards Species No: 107 Common Name: Vulture, White-backed (Gyps africanus ) Location: Northern Cape , South Africa Person: Angus Anthony Ring Type: Wing tag: Engraved Combination: Yellow tags with with W as the alpha code for Dronfield in black followed by a numeric code in black |
Blue Hill Nature Reserve Cape Weaver Project
Project time period: 2011 - onwards Species No: 799 Common Name: Weaver, Cape (Ploceus capensis ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Alan Lee Ring Type: Legring: 3 colour rings on leg without metal SAFRI Combination: |
Martial Eagle - Karoo
Project time period: October 2019 - onwards Species No: 142 Common Name: Eagle, Martial (Polemaetus bellicosus ) Location: , South Africa Person: John Davies Ring Type: Legring: 2 digits: 1 letter, 1 number Combination: Two digit alpha-numeric, eg. 'C3'; Letters used: C,D,E,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,S,T,V,W,Z.;Numbers Used: |
White-backed Vulture - Kalahari
Project time period: October 2019 - onwards Species No: 107 Common Name: Vulture, White-backed (Gyps africanus ) Location: , Southern Africa Person: John Davies Ring Type: Legring: 22mm internal diameter, 40mm high, 3 digi Combination: Three digit alpha-numeric, eg. 'A3F'; Letters used: A,B,C,D,E,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,S,T,V,W,Z.; Number |
Skuas
Project time period: Species No: 286 Common Name: Skua, Subantarctic (Stercorarius antarcticus ) Location: , Person: Bruce Dyer Ring Type: Combination: Red, pink or green |
Crane Tracker Colour Ringing Project
Project time period: February 2019-onwards Species No: 216 Common Name: Crane, Blue (Grus paradisea ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Christie Craig Ring Type: combinations of three plastic rings on one leg and Combination: unique combinations of three colour rings | https://www.bluecrane.org.za/how-technology-helps-us-understand-blue-crane-movements/ |
Fynbos Estate
Project time period: June 2019-onwards Species No: 707 Common Name: Fiscal, Southern (Lanius collaris ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Dieter Oschadleus Ring Type: Leg ring: three solid colours Combination: Leg ring: three solid colours:Red, orange, yellow, blue (light or dark), green (light or dark), whit |
Fynbos Estate
Project time period: June 2019-onwards Species No: 581 Common Name: Robin-Chat, Cape (Cossypha caffra ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Dieter Oschadleus Ring Type: Leg ring: three solid colours Combination: Leg ring: three solid colours: Red, orange, yellow, blue (light or dark), green (light or dark), whi |
SANCCOB Sesbird Project - Swift Tern
Project time period: 2019-onwards Species No: 298 Common Name: Tern, Greater Crested (Thalasseus bergii ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Katta Ludynia Ring Type: Legring: 3 digits: 2 letters and 1 number and 1 le Combination: Alpha-numberic: black on yellow. Combinations: KA,KB,KC,KE,KH,KJ,KK,KL,KN,KP,KS,KT,KU,KW,KY,KZ + 0 |
SANCCOB Sesbird Project - Hartlaub's Gull
Project time period: 2019-onwards Species No: 289 Common Name: Gull, Hartlaub's (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Katta Ludynia Ring Type: Legring: 3 digits: 2 letters and 1 number and 1 le Combination: Alpha-numberic: black on yellow. Combinations: KA,KB,KC,KE,KH,KJ,KK,KL,KN,KP,KS,KT,KU,KW,KY,KZ + 0 |
SANCCOB Sesbird Project - Kelp Gull
Project time period: 2019-onwards Species No: 287 Common Name: Gull, Kelp (Larus dominicanus ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Katta Ludynia Ring Type: Legring: 3 digits: 2 letters and 1 number and 1 le Combination: Alpha-numberic: black on yellow. Combinations: KA,KB,KC,KE,KH,KJ,KK,KL,KN,KP,KS,KT,KU,KW,KY,KZ + 0 |
NW European Little Tern Project
Project time period: 2019 onwards Species No: 299 Common Name: Tern, Little (Sternula albifrons ) Location: La Somone, Senegal Person: Ulf M Berthelsen Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour-rings Combination: Alpha-numeric: Dark green with white text starting with ‘Z';Green alpha-numeric coded ZA0 – ZL9 (90 |
Orange-Breasted Sunbird Project
Project time period: 2018 - 2020 Species No: 753 Common Name: Sunbird, Orange-breasted (Anthobaphes violacea ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Anina Coetzee Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 2 colours per bird |
Karoo Thrush Project - Bloemfontein
Project time period: 2018 onwards Species No: 1104 Common Name: Thrush, Karoo (Turdus smithi ) Location: Free State, South Africa Person: Jaco Smith Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 4 colour rings per bird; Leftleg: 3 colour rings; Rightleg: 1 different colour per year, over SAFRIN |
Colour ringing Jackal and Forest Buzzards in the Garden Route
Project time period: 2018 onwards Species No: 155 Common Name: Buzzard, Forest (Buteo trizonatus ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Mark Brown Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: White rings with Black writing – A50 to A100 and 50A to 100A |
Colour ringing Jackal and Forest Buzzards in the Garden Route
Project time period: 2018 onwards Species No: 152 Common Name: Buzzard, Jackal (Buteo rufofuscus ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Mark Brown Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: White rings with Black writing – A50 to A100 and 50A to 100A |
Namibian Ruddy Turnstone migration project
Project time period: 2017 to present Species No: 232 Common Name: Turnstone, Ruddy (Arenaria interpres ) Location: Erongo Region, Namibia Person: Mark Boorman Ring Type: Flag: combination of uncoded and coded flag and le Combination: Left tibia red colour ring; Right tibia black flag with white engraving AA-XX |  |
Birds of Prey Programme African Grass-owl Project
Project time period: 2017 to present Species No: 360 Common Name: Owl, African Grass (Tyto capensis ) Location: Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, South Africa Person: Gareth Tate Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Yellow with black text; 3 digit alphanumeric code A01 to A99 | https://www.ewt.org.za/BOP/grassowl.html |
Red-winged Starling Urban Ecology Project
Project time period: 2017 to present Species No: 745 Common Name: Starling, Red-winged (Onychognathus morio ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Petra Sumasgutner Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | https://www.facebook.com/UCTstarlings/ |
Red Bishop Project
Project time period: 2014 Species No: 808 Common Name: Red Bishop, Southern (Euplectes orix ) Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa Person: Stacey Hallam Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: | https://www.researchgate.net/project/Moult-and-energetics-in-three-species-from-the-Euplectes-genus-representing-a-gradient-of-elaborate-plumage-ornamentation |
Red-winged Starling project WC
Project time period: 1998-2006 Species No: 745 Common Name: Starling, Red-winged (Onychognathus morio ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Morne du Plessis Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird |  |
Colour-ringing of Steppe Buzzard and Forest Buzzard
Project time period: 2016 onwards Species No: 155 Common Name: Buzzard, Forest (Buteo trizonatus ) Location: Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Freestate, South Africa Person: Malcolm Wilson Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: White on red, digits AA01-AA00 and MW01 to MW00 |  |
Colour-ringing of colonial waterbirds on the Cape peninsula - Cattle Egrets
Project time period: 2002 to 2004 Species No: 61 Common Name: Egret, Western Cattle (Bubulcus ibis ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Dalton Gibbs Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: Red ring tibia | http://www.adu.org.za/colring_ronvlei.php |
Karkloof Orange Ground-Thrush Project
Project time period: 2015 to present Species No: 556 Common Name: Ground Thrush, Orange (Geokichla gurneyi ) Location: Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Person: Karin Nelson Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: White on black, digits A01-A50 on left tarsus, met | |
KBO Hooded Vulture project
Project time period: 2010 to 2014 Species No: 110 Common Name: Vulture, Hooded (Necrosyrtes monachus ) Location: West Division , The Gambia Person: Colin Cross Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Yellow wing tag with black text and matching yello | http://www.kartongbirdobservatory.org/index.php/research |
KBO Sandwich Tern project
Project time period: 2011 to present Species No: 296 Common Name: Tern, Sandwich (Thalasseus sandvicensis ) Location: West Division , The Gambia Person: Colin Cross Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: White with black text; 3 digit alphanumeric code " | http://www.kartongbirdobservatory.org/index.php/research |
KBO Piapiac project
Project time period: 2011 to present Species No: 2484 Common Name: Piapiac (Ptilostomus afer ) Location: West Division , The Gambia Person: Colin Cross Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Blue with white text; 1 digit alphanumeric code; o | http://www.kartongbirdobservatory.org/index.php/research |
KBO Spur-winged Lapwing project
Project time period: 2010 to present Species No: 1031 Common Name: Lapwing, Spur-winged (Vanellus spinosus ) Location: West Division , The Gambia Person: Colin Cross Ring Type: Legflag: Engraved colour flags Combination: 2010-2014: White leg flag with black text; 2 digit | http://www.kartongbirdobservatory.org/index.php/research |
KBO Jacana project
Project time period: 2015 to present Species No: 228 Common Name: Jacana, African (Actophilornis africanus ) Location: West Division , The Gambia Person: Colin Cross Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Black with white text; 2 digit alphanumeric code; | http://www.kartongbirdobservatory.org/index.php/research |
KBO Cattle Egret project
Project time period: 2015 to present Species No: 61 Common Name: Egret, Western Cattle (Bubulcus ibis ) Location: West Division , The Gambia Person: Colin Cross Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Yellow with black text; 4 digit alphanumeric code; | http://www.kartongbirdobservatory.org/index.php/research |
Karoo Prinia Project (Botriver area)
Project time period: 2014 to Present Species No: 4139 Common Name: Prinia, Karoo (Prinia maculosa ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Mike Ford Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: Single colour per bird | |
Brown-backed Honeybird Project (Botriver area)
Project time period: 2014 to Present Species No: 443 Common Name: Honeybird, Brown-backed (Prodotiscus regulus ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Jessie Walton Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: Single colour per bird | |
Namibian Vulture Project Tags
Project time period: 2006 to present Species No: 107 Common Name: Vulture, White-backed (Gyps africanus ) Location: Namibia, Namibia Person: Holger Kolberg Ring Type: Wing Tag: Engraved Combination: Yellow with black text: E,F,J,L,R & V prefix | http://www.vultures-namibia.com/ |
Namibian Vulture Project Rings
Project time period: 1991 to 2006 Species No: 107 Common Name: Vulture, White-backed (Gyps africanus ) Location: Namibia, Namibia Person: Peter Bridgeford Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: Various | http://www.vultures-namibia.com/ |
Limpopo Vulture Project
Project time period: 2006 to present Species No: 107 Common Name: Vulture, White-backed (Gyps africanus ) Location: Limpopo, South Africa Person: Joseph Heymans Ring Type: Wing Tag: Engraved Combination: Yellow with black text: C- series, and three digit |  |
Little Tern project
Project time period: 2010 to Present Species No: 299 Common Name: Tern, Little (Sternula albifrons ) Location: Israel, Israel Person: Yosef Kiat Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Alphanumeric: White with black text | http://isring.blogspot.com/p/tern-cr-project.html |
Swift Tern project Robben Island
Project time period: 2013 to 2015 Species No: 298 Common Name: Tern, Greater Crested (Thalasseus bergii ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Davide Gaglio Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Alphanumeric: Various colours (see notes) | http://sayasblog.com/2015/06/18/if-you-like-it-put |
Kelp Gull project WC
Project time period: 2013 to present Species No: 287 Common Name: Gull, Kelp (Larus dominicanus ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Mark Brown Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Engraved rings yellow writing on black rings K001- | |
Woodland Kingfisher project
Project time period: 2012 Species No: 399 Common Name: Kingfisher, Woodland (Halcyon senegalensis ) Location: Northern Provence, South Africa Person: Craig Symes Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: 1 colour/alpha-numeric per bird | |
Mocking Cliff-chat project G
Project time period: 2012 to 2013 Species No: 573 Common Name: Chat, Mocking Cliff (Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris ) Location: Gauteng, South Africa Person: Craig Symes Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Mountain Wheatear project G
Project time period: 2012 to 2013 Species No: 564 Common Name: Wheatear, Mountain (Myrmecocichla monticola ) Location: Gauteng, South Africa Person: Craig Symes Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Cape Rock-thrush project G
Project time period: 2012 to 2013 Species No: 559 Common Name: Rock-Thrush, Cape (Monticola rupestris ) Location: Gauteng, South Africa Person: Craig Symes Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Cape Glossy Starling project NC
Project time period: 2011 to present Species No: 737 Common Name: Starling, Cape (Lamprotornis nitens ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Adrian Craig Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Pale-winged Starling project NC
Project time period: 2011 to present Species No: 744 Common Name: Starling, Pale-winged (Onychognathus nabouroup ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Adrian Craig Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Pygmy Falcon project NC
Project time period: 2011 to present Species No: 126 Common Name: Falcon, Pygmy (Polihierax semitorquatus ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Robert Thomson Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Lesser Grey Shrike project
Project time period: 2011 to present Species No: 706 Common Name: Grey Shrike, Lesser (Lanius minor ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Susie Cunningham Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Common Fiscal project NC
Project time period: 2011 to present Species No: 707 Common Name: Fiscal, Southern (Lanius collaris ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Susie Cunningham Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Mountain Wheatears Project Namibia
Project time period: 2011 to present Species No: 564 Common Name: Wheatear, Mountain (Myrmecocichla monticola ) Location: Namibia, Namibia Person: Kobus Bekker Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: One colour left leg, metal right, 2 colour rings o | |
Kittlitz's Plover project NP
Project time period: 2010 to present Species No: 237 Common Name: Plover, Kittlitz's (Charadrius pecuarius ) Location: Northern Provence, South Africa Person: Derek Engelbrecht Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 2 colours per bird | |
Kittlitz's Plover project NW
Project time period: 2011 to present Species No: 237 Common Name: Plover, Kittlitz's (Charadrius pecuarius ) Location: North West, South Africa Person: Magda Remisiewicz Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 1 engraved ring, 1 plain green ring | |
Hartlaub's Gull project Namibia
Project time period: 2011 Species No: 289 Common Name: Gull, Hartlaub's (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii ) Location: Namibia, Namibia Person: John Paterson Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: red/metal left | |
Swift Tern project Namibia
Project time period: 2011 Species No: 298 Common Name: Tern, Greater Crested (Thalasseus bergii ) Location: Namibia, Namibia Person: John Paterson Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: red/metal left | |
Black Sparrowhawk project KZN
Project time period: 2011 to present Species No: 159 Common Name: Sparrowhawk, Black (Accipiter melanoleucus ) Location: Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Person: Mark Brown Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: white with black letters, A00 to A99 | |
Cape Sugarbird Hermanus
Project time period: 2011 to present Species No: 749 Common Name: Sugarbird, Cape (Promerops cafer ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Mike Ford Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Red-winged Starling project EC
Project time period: 2011 Species No: 745 Common Name: Starling, Red-winged (Onychognathus morio ) Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa Person: Adrian Craig Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Red-capped Robin-chat project
Project time period: 2010 to present Species No: 579 Common Name: Robin-Chat, Red-capped (Cossypha natalensis ) Location: Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Person: Garth Aiston Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: engraved ring | |
Caspian Tern project
Project time period: 2010 to present Species No: 290 Common Name: Tern, Caspian (Hydroprogne caspia ) Location: Mpumalanga, South Africa Person: Colin Williams Ring Type: Legflag: various coloured flags Combination: 1 different colour flag per year | |
Kelp Gull project EC
Project time period: Species No: 287 Common Name: Gull, Kelp (Larus dominicanus ) Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa Person: Phil Whittington Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: engraved | |
Swift Tern project
Project time period: ongoing Species No: 298 Common Name: Tern, Greater Crested (Thalasseus bergii ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Marine Coastal Management Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: colour rings & engraved | |
Damara Tern project
Project time period: 2008 to 2012 Species No: 300 Common Name: Tern, Damara (Sternula balaenarum ) Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa Person: Tony Tree Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 1 colour/bird | |
Antarctic Tern project WC
Project time period: 2000 to present Species No: 292 Common Name: Tern, Antarctic (Sterna vittata ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Tony Tree Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 1 colour/bird | |
Antarctic Tern project EC
Project time period: 2000 to present Species No: 292 Common Name: Tern, Antarctic (Sterna vittata ) Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa Person: Tony Tree Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 1 colour/bird | |
Roseate Tern project
Project time period: 2000 to present Species No: 293 Common Name: Tern, Roseate (Sterna dougallii ) Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa Person: Tony Tree Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: 1 colour/bird; engraved from 2010 | |
Anteating Chat project
Project time period: 2009 to present Species No: 575 Common Name: Chat, Ant-eating (Myrmecocichla formicivora ) Location: Free State, South Africa Person: Tina Dreyer Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Hadeda Project
Project time period: 2006 to present Species No: 84 Common Name: Ibis, Hadada (Bostrychia hagedash ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Res Altwegg Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Red plastic ring with WHITE letter/number | http://www.adu.org.za/hadeda.php |
White-browed Sparrow Weaver project
Project time period: 2009 to 2010 Species No: 780 Common Name: Sparrow-Weaver, White-browed (Plocepasser mahali ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Andy Young Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Long-term demographic study of Black Sparrowhawks on the Cape Peninsula
Project time period: 2000 to present Species No: 159 Common Name: Sparrowhawk, Black (Accipiter melanoleucus ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Arjun Amar Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 1 or 2 anodized (coloured) aluminium rings | https://blackspar1.wordpress.com/juveniles/ |
Long-term demographic study of Peregrine Falcons on the Cape Peninsula
Project time period: 1997 to present Species No: 113 Common Name: Falcon, Peregrine (Falco peregrinus ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Andrew Jenkins Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 1 or 2 anodized (coloured) aluminium rings | http://www.fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/docs/raptor.html |
African Fish-eagle project
Project time period: Species No: 149 Common Name: Fish Eagle, African (Haliaeetus vocifer ) Location: , South Africa Person: Mark Anderson Ring Type: Wing Tag Combination: | |
Verreaux Eagle project
Project time period: Species No: 133 Common Name: Eagle, Verreaux's (Aquila verreauxii ) Location: , South Africa Person: Lucia Rodrigues Ring Type: Wing Tag Combination: | |
Black Harrier project
Project time period: Species No: 169 Common Name: Harrier, Black (Circus maurus ) Location: , Southern Africa Person: Rob Simmons Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: | http://blackharrierspace.blogspot.co.za/ |
Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk Project
Project time period: 2003 to present Species No: 165 Common Name: Goshawk, Pale Chanting (Melierax canorus ) Location: Whole Country, South Africa Person: Gerard Malan Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Yellow with Black Text; 1 Alpha 2 Numeric | https://www.ewt.org.za/BOP/kalahari.html |
African Crowned Eagle project
Project time period: 2015 to present Species No: 143 Common Name: Eagle, Crowned (Stephanoaetus coronatus ) Location: Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Person: Shane McPherson Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Yellow with black letters, T00 | |
Karoo Thrush project
Project time period: 2015 to present Species No: 1104 Common Name: Thrush, Karoo (Turdus smithi ) Location: Gauteng, South Africa Person: Mark Kirk Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Engraved; black on yellow | |
Cape Rockjumpers project
Project time period: 2011 to present Species No: 540 Common Name: Rockjumper, Cape (Chaetops frenatus ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Alan Lee Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 unique colours to the left legs of male Cape Roc | |
Fork tailed Drongo project
Project time period: 2011 to present Species No: 517 Common Name: Drongo, Fork-tailed (Dicrurus adsimilis ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Tom Flower Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill project 2
Project time period: 2012 to present Species No: 426 Common Name: Hornbill, Southern Yellow-billed (Tockus leucomelas ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Tanja van de Ven Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill project 1
Project time period: 2009 to 2011 Species No: 426 Common Name: Hornbill, Southern Yellow-billed (Tockus leucomelas ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Mike Finnie Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Southern Pied Babbler project NC
Project time period: 2003 to present Species No: 536 Common Name: Babbler, Southern Pied (Turdoides bicolor ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Mandy Ridley Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 Colours per bird | http://www.babbler-research.com/researchers.html |
Southern Giant Petrel project
Project time period: Species No: 13 Common Name: Giant Petrel, Southern (Macronectes giganteus ) Location: Ocean, World Wide Person: Andy G Wood Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Engraved colour rings | http://www.cr-birding.or/node/2151 |
Northern Giant Petrel project
Project time period: Species No: 984 Common Name: Giant Petrel, Northern (Macronectes halli ) Location: Ocean, World Wide Person: Andy G Wood Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Engraved colour rings | http://www.cr-birding.org/node/2150 |
Grey-headed Albatross project
Project time period: Species No: 9 Common Name: Albatross, Grey-headed (Thalassarche chrysostoma ) Location: Ocean, World Wide Person: Andy G Wood Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Engraved colour rings | http://www.cr-birding.org/node/211 |
Wandering Albatross project
Project time period: Species No: 4148 Common Name: Albatross, Wandering (Diomedea exulans ) Location: Ocean, World Wide Person: Andy G Wood Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Engraved colour rings | http://www.cr-birding.org/node/210 |
Black-browed Albatross project
Project time period: Species No: 8 Common Name: Albatross, Black-browed (Thalassarche melanophris ) Location: Ocean, World Wide Person: Andy G Wood Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Engraved colour rings | http://www.cr-birding.org/node/209 |
Red-eyed Bulbul project
Project time period: Dec 2013 to Feb 2014 Species No: 544 Common Name: Bulbul, African Red-eyed (Pycnonotus nigricans ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Michelle Thompson Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3-4colours/bird | |
Martial Eagle project
Project time period: 2014 to present Species No: 142 Common Name: Eagle, Martial (Polemaetus bellicosus ) Location: Mpumalanga and Limpopo, South Africa Person: Rowen van Eeden Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 2 colours per bird | https://www.facebook.com/MartialEagleConservation?fref=ts |
White-browed Sparrow Weaver project NC
Project time period: 2014 to 2015 Species No: 780 Common Name: Sparrow-Weaver, White-browed (Plocepasser mahali ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Susie Cunningham Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Marico Flycatchers project
Project time period: 2014 to 2015 Species No: 661 Common Name: Flycatcher, Marico (Melaenornis mariquensis ) Location: Northern Cape, South Africa Person: Susie Cunningham Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Sugarbird Project
Project time period: 2009 to 2010 Species No: 750 Common Name: Sugarbird, Gurney's (Promerops gurneyi ) Location: Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Person: Mark Brown Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Amethyst Sunbird Project
Project time period: 2009 to 2010 Species No: 772 Common Name: Sunbird, Amethyst (Chalcomitra amethystina ) Location: Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Person: Mark Brown Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Common Fiscal project
Project time period: 2009 to present Species No: 707 Common Name: Fiscal, Southern (Lanius collaris ) Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa Person: Adrian Craig Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Cape Robin-chat project
Project time period: 2009 to present Species No: 581 Common Name: Robin-Chat, Cape (Cossypha caffra ) Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa Person: Adrian Craig Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | |
Cape Gannet monitoring project
Project time period: Species No: 44 Common Name: Gannet, Cape (Morus capensis ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Pierre Pistorius Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Green plastic ring with WHITE letter/number. VHF t |  |
Southern Ground Hornbill Research and Conservation Project
Project time period: 2006 to present Species No: 430 Common Name: Hornbill, Southern Ground (Bucorvus leadbeateri ) Location: Mpumalanga, South Africa Person: Kyle-Mark Middleton Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 3 colours per bird | https://www.facebook.com/GroundHornbillResearch |
The impact of anthropogenic disturbance and other pressures on breeding shorebirds
Project time period: 2014 to present Species No: 235 Common Name: Plover, White-fronted (Charadrius marginatus ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Selena Flores Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: UV-stable PVC (DARVIC), 2.8 mm size split plastic | |
The impact of anthropogenic disturbance and other pressures on breeding shorebirds
Project time period: 2014 to present Species No: 235 Common Name: Plover, White-fronted (Charadrius marginatus ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Selena Flores Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: 2.8 mm size BLACK plastic ring with WHITE letter/n | |
The impact of anthropogenic disturbance and other pressures on breeding shorebirds
Project time period: 2014 to present Species No: 231 Common Name: Oystercatcher, African (Haematopus moquini ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Selena Flores Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: 10 mm size BLACK plastic ring with YELLOW text let | |
North West Vulture Project
Project time period: 2000s Species No: 107 Common Name: Vulture, White-backed (Gyps africanus ) Location: North West, South Africa Person: Kerri Wolter Ring Type: Wing Tag: Engraved Combination: Yellow with black text: B- series, and three digit |  |
Oystercatcher Conservation Programme
Project time period: 1979 to present Species No: 231 Common Name: Oystercatcher, African (Haematopus moquini ) Location: Whole Country, Southern Africa Person: Douglas Loewenthal Ring Type: Legring: Engraved colour rings Combination: Colours vary per region (see image) | http://www.fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/docs/species.html |
Investigating the possible change in breeding strategy of African Black Oystercatchers
Project time period: 2011 to 2013 Species No: 231 Common Name: Oystercatcher, African (Haematopus moquini ) Location: Western Cape, South Africa Person: Dane Paijmans Ring Type: Legring: colour combination Combination: 2 or 3 colours | http://www.fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/docs/species.html |
