European colour-ring birding: colour-ringed birds from the (cannon)net to the (inter)net

Dirk Raes

doi:10.15845/on.v36i0.426

Abstract

European colour-ring birding: colour-ringed birds from the (cannon)net to the (inter)net

Highlights

(EURING), the new website www.cr-birding.org was created
Projects relating to the following species are currently included on the Colour-Ring Birding website : Bean Goose Anser fabilis (19), Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus (8), Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons (19), Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (11), Greylag Goose Anser anser (36) (Figure 1), Barheaded Goose Anser indicus (3), Snow Goose Chen caerulescens (10), Ross’s Goose Chen rossii (1), Emperor Goose Chen canagica (2), Canada Goose Branta canadensis (16), Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis (11), Brent Goose Branta bernicla (11), Redbreasted Goose Branta ruficollis (5), Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus (6), and goose hybrids (2)
16 Raes only on the old website step-by-step, projects are being transferred to the new website

Summary

Introduction

(EURING), the new website www.cr-birding.org was created. The site is based on a content management system, people can select criteria to find the solution, for example a project leader for a colour-ringing programme or, in the case of geese, directed to the database at www.geese.org. Projects relating to the following species are currently included on the Colour-Ring Birding website (number of projects in parenthesis) : Bean Goose Anser fabilis (19), Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus (8), Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons (19), Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (11), Greylag Goose Anser anser (36) (Figure 1), Barheaded Goose Anser indicus (3), Snow Goose Chen caerulescens (10), Ross’s Goose Chen rossii (1), Emperor Goose Chen canagica (2), Canada Goose Branta canadensis (16), Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis (11), Brent Goose Branta bernicla (11), Redbreasted Goose Branta ruficollis (5), Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus (6), and goose hybrids (2).

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Conclusion