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Bird ringing: a tool for the understanding of migration and for conservation |
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| Author |
Frédéric Baroteaux |
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French |
| Magazine |
Ornithos, vol. 12, no. 2, 2005
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| Page |
87 - 93 |
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Original title in French: Le baguage des oiseaux : un outil de connaissance sur la migration et pour la conservation
Summary in English:
This paper deals with the history of bird ringing in France and gives somes examples of : 1) record longevity, e.g. a 40-year old Flamingo ringed as a pullus in the Camargue in July 1957 and found dead in Italy in August 1997 ; 2) confirmation of trans-Atlantic migration from North America to Europe (Knot, Turnstone, Blue-winged Teal) and return (Knot) ; 3) maximum distances shown by individual movements - a Garganey ringed in 1978 in Mali was killed in western Siberia in 1979, a distance of 10,500 km from its ringing site, and a Goldcrest ringed in Russia in October 1989 travelled 1409 km to France in 9 days, i.e. about 150 km per day ; 4) movements of resident species such as House Sparrow, Great and Blue Tits ; 5) some other exceptional controls and recoveries.
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