EURING Newsletter, Volume 3, July 2001

In the second issue of the newsletter Roland Staav has contributed a most interesting longevity list of birds ringed in Europe. Roland is still working on this issue, and offers here an updated list, with new data on several species. All schemes are kindly requested to support Roland by sending him all new national longevity records, for further additions to the list on future issues of this newsletter.

COMPLEMENTARY LONGEVITY LIST OF BIRDS
RINGED IN EUROPE

by Roland Staav

SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
BIRD RINGING CENTRE
BOX 50 007, SE-10405, STOCKHOLM SWEDEN
E-mail: roland.staav@nrm.se

In EURING NEWSLETTER vol 2 (1998) a longevity list of the oldest known ringed european birds was published. After another two years many new recoveries of old birds have come to my knowledge. In December 2000 I compiled the following up-to-date list containing individuals of 68 species, older than in preceding list. I know that there are still many interesting recoveries of old birds about which I have not been informed. Please send me all ringing details of the oldest birds for future longevity lists.

Explanations to the columns:

1) Species
2) Ringing Scheme
3) Ring number
4) Time elapsed between ringing and recovery in years and months.
5) Minimum age according to status at ringing.
6) Age recorded at the time of ringing: 1= pullus, 2= fully grown, 3 hatched during calendar year of ringing, 4= hatched before calendar year of ringing, 5= hatched during previous calendar year, 6= hatched before previous calendar year, 7= definitely hatched two years before year of ringing, 8= hatched three or more calendar years before year of ringing.
7) EURING-code when found
8) Ring verification: + ring sent or otherwise verified.
9) Comments
10) Reference

References

1) Database of recoveries in Swedish Bird Ringing Centre.

2) Köppen,U. & S. Scheil 1994. Beringungsbericht 1989-1993. Berichte der Vogelwarte Hiddensee Heft 11.

3) Letters from J. Clark nov. 1997, march and apr. 1998.

4) Letter from T. Berg feb. 1998.

5) Letter from A. Petersen march 1998.

6) Ringfund-Rosinen 9, Sempach 25 may 1997.

7) Letters from W. Fiedler apr. and may 1998.

8) Ringmärkningsbyråns meddelanden nr. 121 Helsinki aug. 1998.

9) Rengastajan Vuosikirja (Ringer's Yearbook) 1998, Helsinki.

10) Letter from J. Haapala oct. 1998.

11) Ringmärkningbyråns meddelanden nr. 123 Helsinki oct. 1998.

12) Toms,M.P. & J.A. Clark 1998. Bird Ringing in Britain and Ireland in 1996. Ringing & Migration 19: 95-168.

13) E-mail from Alison & Steve Wakeham feb. 1999.

14) Letter from J. Clark feb. 1999.

15) E-mail from P.E. Jönsson march 1999.

16) Köppen,U. & S. Scheil 1997. Beringungsbericht 1996. Vogelwarte Hiddensee 14: 3-35.

17) Ringmärkningsbyråns meddelanden nr. 125 Helsinki june 1999. 18) Ringmärkningsbyråns meddelanden nr. 128 Helsinki may 2000.

19) E-mail from H. Behmann july 2000.

20) Clark,J.et al. Bird Ringing in Britain and Ireland in 1998. Ringing & Migration 20: 39-93.

21) E-mail from J. Haapala nov. 2000.

22) Scebba,S. 1987. New longevity record for Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala. Riv. Ital. Orn. Milano 57 (3-4): 269-270.

23) Op het vinketouw nr. 84. Arnhem sept. 1997.

24) Köppen,U. & S. Scheil 1999. Beringungsbericht 1997-1998. Vogelwarte Hiddensee 15: 3-52.

25) Toms,M., Clark,J. & D. Balmer 1999. Bird Ringing in Britain and Ireland 1997. Ringing & Migration 19: 215-255.

26) Mead,C.J. et al. 1993. Report on Bird Ringing in Britain and Ireland for 1992. Ringing & Migration 14 (3): 176.

27) Runde, O. 2000. Ringmerking i Norge 1999. Ringmerkaren nr 13.

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