cchristina 4/03/2008 17:35
黃腹山鷦鶯 (被環誌的）Yellow-bellied Prinia with ring
2008.3.2
Mai Po
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ajohn 6/03/2008 15:49
A lot of Yellow-bellied Prinias are trapped and ringed in Hong Kong, especially at Mai Po (57 ringed and 28 retrapped there in 2007). Unfortunately there is not quite enough visible on this ring to work out which individual this is.
It is useful to receive resightings of ringed birds where the ring number can be read, as these help us to understand the movements of Hong Kong birds. A good example was the Japanese Yellow Bunting photographed last autumn, for which we were able to track down details of when/where the bird was ringed (see http://www.hkbws.org.hk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3772).
Preferably the whole ring number (usually 6 or 7 letters/numbers) should be visible, although for some less-common species it may be possible to recognise the individual from an incomplete number.
cchristina 14/03/2008 13:21
Add one more photo.
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ajohn 17/03/2008 09:02
The ring number is BCB??5. As I mentioned before, this is not enough to confirm the individual ID of this bird, as it could be any one of several individuals.