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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. This helps in keeping track of the movements of the bird and its life history. It is common to take measurements and examine the conditions of feather moult ...
Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen (27 August 1856 – 7 June 1921) was a Danish teacher and ornithologist. He was the first to employ bird ringing for scientific purposes. Mortensen was born in Jonstrup on the island of Zealand, Denmark. After completing secondary school in 1874 he began studies in theology and later in medicine and zoology at ...
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 ...
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 ]
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.
Johannes Thienemann. Thienemann c. 1927. Johannes Wilhelm Thienemann (12 November 1863 – 12 April 1938) was a German ornithologist and pastor who established the Rossitten Bird Observatory, the world's first dedicated bird ringing station where he conducted research and popularized bird study.
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. [1] Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds. [2] It has also been an area with a large contribution made by amateurs in terms of time, resources, and financial support.
The hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Coccothraustes. Its closest living relatives are the Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) and Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata) of East Asia, the evening grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) of North ...