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Bird ringing. A researcher uses banding pliers to attach a band to the leg of a common yellowthroat. A box of equipment for measuring, weighing and ringing birds. Bird ringing (UK) or bird banding (US) is the attachment of a small, individually numbered metal or plastic tag to the leg or wing of a wild bird to enable individual identification.
The South African Bird Ringing Unit ( SAFRING) is based at the University of Cape Town and provides bird ringing services in South Africa and other African countries. This entails providing ringing equipment to qualified ringers, and curating all ringing data. SAFRING communicates with ringers and interested parties through annually publishing ...
The European Union for Bird Ringing (EURING) is the co-ordinating organisation for European bird ringing schemes. Ringed Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus at the Tuileries in Paris on March 1, 2018. The ring number is CZP ET06049, where CZP is the EURING scheme code of the Czech Republic Prague ringing scheme, and ET06049 the unique ...
Thermal imaging in ornithology. The use of thermal imaging devices to monitor birds began in the 1960s. [1] It underwent significant development from the end of the 20th century onwards. [2] [3] [4] This was, at least in part, due to improvements in the quality and portability of thermal-imaging devices, and reductions in their cost. [4]
Animal migration tracking is used in wildlife biology, conservation biology, ecology, and wildlife management to study animals' behavior in the wild. One of the first techniques was bird banding, placing passive ID tags on birds legs, to identify the bird in a future catch-and-release. Radio tracking involves attaching a small radio transmitter ...
The Swiss Ornithological Institute is a member of the European Union for Bird Ringing (EURING). [3] The Swiss Ornithological Institute monitors Switzerland's native birdlife, studies the behaviour of wild birds and seeks to understand the threats they face. It develops protection and conservation measures for threatened species and, together ...
Blackbird song. Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs. In non-technical use, bird songs are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear. In ornithology and birding, songs (relatively complex vocalizations) are distinguished by function from calls (relatively simple vocalizations).
Avian brain. The avian brain is the central organ of the nervous system in birds. Birds possess large, complex brains, which process, integrate, and coordinate information received from the environment and make decisions on how to respond with the rest of the body. Like in all chordates, the avian brain is contained within the skull bones of ...