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The table below lists longevity records recorded through European bird ringing, ordered by Voous taxonomic order. |
| Species | Scientific name | Scheme | Ring No. | Age | Finding details |
| Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | Sweden | D 1928 | 23yrs 7mths | Found dead (oiled) |
| Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | Germany | B 34256 | >27yrs 10mths | Shot |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Switzerland | 929838 | >13yrs 6mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | Russia | C 111277 | 19yrs 3mths | Shot |
| Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Iceland | V 4646 | 7yrs 0mths | Found dead |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Spain | 6018657 | >7yrs 2mths | Killed by other species of bird |
| Cory´s Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Portugal | L 000366 | 24yrs 10mths | Found dead |
| >> Cory´s Shearwater | >>Calonectris diomedea | Portugal | L 5544 | 21yrs 0mths | Found dead |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Britain & Ireland | AT 46622 | >49yrs 8mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus | Spain | 5005377 | 12yrs 1mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Britain & Ireland | 352227 | >43yrs 10mths | Identified by other marks in the field |
| European Storm Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | Britain & Ireland | 649064 | >32yrs 9mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Leach´s Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Britain & Ireland | BB 84094 | >22yrs 10mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Gannet | Sula bassana | Britain & Ireland | 1010527 | 37yrs 5mths | Found dead |
| Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Britain & Ireland | M 5650 | 23yrs 6mths | Found dead |
| European Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | Britain & Ireland | 102115 | 30yrs 7mths | Shot |
| Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | The Netherlands | 302703 | >11yrs 4mths | Found dead |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | Switzerland | 934781 | >6yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Spain | SE 19959 | 17yrs 0mths | Shot |
| >> Black-crowned Night Heron | >>Nycticorax nycticorax | France | DA 2894 | 16yrs 4mths | Found dead |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Spain | E 10374 | 18yrs 5mths | Shot |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | France | CD 2346 | 22yrs 4mths | Shot |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | The Netherlands | 73617 | 35yrs 1mths | Shot |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Germany | B 1495 | 25yrs 5mths | Found dead |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Switzerland | S 127 | 39yrs 0mths | Found dead |
| >> White Stork | >> Ciconia ciconia | France | B 3115 | 34yrs 10mths | Found dead |
| >> White Stork | >> Ciconia ciconia | Germany | K 2392 | 29yrs 11mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Poland | A 995853 | 18yrs 7mths | Shot |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenocopterus ruber | France | FA 5233 | 27yrs 6mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Germany | 111617 | >28yrs 7mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Bewick`s Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Britain & Ireland | Z 20874 | >23yrs 7mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Denmark | A 5632 | 26yrs 6mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | Germany | 210151 | >25yrs 7mths | Found dead |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | Britain & Ireland | 1007952 | >39yrs 9mths | Found dead |
| White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | The Netherlands | 8008491 | >25yrs 3mths | Shot |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | Sweden | 9128676 | 11yrs 2mths | Shot |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Belgium | 439 | >23yrs 7mths | Found dead (road casualty) |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Britain & Ireland | 5084137 | 27yrs 5mths | Found freshly dead |
| >>Canada Goose | >>Branta canadensis | Britain & Ireland | L00198 | 25yrs 8mths | Found dead (fresh) |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Britain & Ireland | 1061347 | 28yrs 3mths | Found dead |
| >> Barnacle Goose | >>Branta leucopsis | Sweden | 9116305 | 24yrs 0mths | Wounded during handling |
| Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | Britain & Ireland | GP 86044 | 28yrs 8mths | Shot |
| Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Britain & Ireland | GM 96505 | 24yrs 9mths | Found dead |
| Wigeon | Anas penelope | Britain & Ireland | AT 71365 | 34yrs 8mths | Shot |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | Britain & Ireland | AT 83971 | >22yrs 4mths | Shot |
| Teal | Anas crecca | France | ED 1418 | >21yrs 3mths | Shot |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Sweden | TA 5685 | 23yrs 3mths | Shot |
| Pintail | Anas acuta | The Netherlands | 5009767 | >27yrs 5mths | Shot |
| Garganey | Anas querquedula | Britain & Ireland | EC 74458 | 14yrs 6mths | Shot |
| Shoveler | Anas clypeata | Russia | E 47327 | 20yrs 4mths | |
| Pochard | Aythya ferina | Britain & Ireland | GK 61258 | >23yrs 2mths | Shot |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Britain & Ireland | FR 39497 | 22yrs 2mths | Shot |
| >> Tufted Duck | >>Aythya fuligula | Switzerland | Z 8377 | >20yrs 4mths | Shot |
| Scaup | Aythya marila | Finland | 47205 | >14yrs 0mths | Shot |
| Eider | Somateria mollissima | Britain & Ireland | 942932 | >37yrs 10mths | Found dead |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | Iceland | 323757 | >7yrs 0mths | Identified by other marks in the field |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Finland | HT-34970 | 22yrs 8mths | Shot |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | Iceland | 328 | >16yrs 9mths | Found dead |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | Finland | H 57155 | >21yrs 5mths | Shot |
| Barrow´s Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | Iceland | 228026 | >15yrs 11mths | Found dead |
| Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | Russia | D 18692 | 16yrs 11mths | |
| Smew | Mergus albellus | The Netherlands | 5241039 | >10yrs 0mths | Killed by animal |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Sweden | W 107522 | 21yrs 3mths | Shot |
| Goosander | Mergus merganser | Switzerland | Z 55000 | 14yrs 10mths | Shot |
| Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Germany | C 52627 | 29yrs 0mths | Found dead |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Switzerland | 829312 | 23yrs 10mths | Found dead (wires) |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Germany | D 26437 | 25yrs 8mths | Killed by man |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | Sweden | H 8007 | 28yrs 10mths | Ring number read in the field |
| >> White-tailed Eagle | >> Haliaeetus albicilla | Sweden | H 8003 | 28yrs 2mths | Found dead |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Spain | G 09545 | 17yrs 4mths | Found dead (electrocuted) |
| Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus | Spain | AB 1860 | 9yrs 11mths | Found dead |
| Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Germany | D 16220 | 20yrs 1mths | Found dead |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | The Netherlands | 3273552 | 17yrs 1mths | Found dead (road casualty) |
| Montagu`s Harrier | Circus pygargus | Germany | D 178 | 16yrs 1mths | Found dead |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | France | FA 9410 | 13yrs 5mths | |
| Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | Sweden | 9130457 | 18yrs 9mths | Found dead |
| >> Goshawk | >>Accipiter gentilis | Germany | 3065454 | 18yrs 8mths | Found dead |
| Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | Denmark | 588073 | 20yrs 3mths | Found dead |
| Buzzard | Buteo buteo | Denmark | 313963 | 28yrs 9mths | Found dead |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | Sweden | 9208506 | 18yrs 9mths | Found dead (wires) |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Sweden | H 2043 | >32yrs 0mths | Found dead |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Finland | M 237 | 26yrs 1mths | Found sick |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Spain | 4019231 | 10yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Denmark | 520379 | 16yrs 5mths | Found dead |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | France | GT 9477 | >13yrs 3mths | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Britain & Ireland | EB 28714 | 12yrs 8mths | Found dead |
| Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Germany | 5103443 | 14yrs 1mths | Found dead (botulism) |
| Eleonora´s Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Germany | 5265733 | 11yrs 2mths | Shot |
| Gyr Falcon | Falco rusticolus | Iceland | 15567 | 12yrs 11mths | Found dead |
| Peregrine | Falco peregrinus | Sweden | 9002638 | 17yrs 4mths | Road casualty |
| Hazel Hen | Bonasa bonasia | Sweden | 16504 | 7yrs 3mths | Shot |
| Willow Grouse | Lagopus lagopus | Finland | H 127524 | >8yrs 7mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Ptarmigan | Lagopus mutus | Iceland | 470824 | 6yrs 1mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Black Grouse | Tetrao tetrix | Finland | D 84897 | >12yrs 3mths | Shot |
| >> Black Grouse | >> Tetrao tetrix | Switzerland | Z 7919 | 8yrs 7mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus | Sweden | 36825 | >9yrs 4mths | Shot |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | Britain & Ireland | DA 56290 | 8yrs 10mths | Found dead |
| Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Denmark | 403675 | 18yrs 7mths | Found dead |
| Coot | Fulica atra | Denmark | 316250 | >20yrs 7mths | Shot |
| Crane | Grus grus | Sweden | 9237782 | 17yrs 9mths | Identified by other marks in the field |
| >> Crane | >>Grus grus | Finland | M 2479 | 17yrs 3mths | Found dead (wires) |
| Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Germany | 5022926 | 43yrs 4mths | Killed by bird of prey |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Spain | 4037768 | >10yrs 3mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | The Netherlands | 3047434 | 27yrs 10mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Stone Curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus | Britain & Ireland | ED 41923 | 17yrs 11mths | Road casualty |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Finland | KT 453 | >13yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Britain & Ireland | BV 85945 | >20yrs 9mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | Sweden | 3247244 | 19yrs 0mths | Identified by other marks in the field |
| Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | Britain & Ireland | XR 45242 | >11yrs 10mths | Found dead |
| Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | The Netherlands | 364033 | >12yrs 9mths | Shot |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Britain & Ireland | DS 08723 | 25yrs 7mths | Found dead (fresh) |
| >> Grey Plover | >>Pluvialis squatarola | Britain & Ireland | DS 28889 | >23yrs 6mths | Killed by bird of prey |
| Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Denmark | 690909 | >23yrs 7mths | Killed by man |
| Knot | Calidris canutus | Britain & Ireland | CE 25745 | 26yrs 8mths | Controlled |
| >> Knot | >>Calidris canutus | Britain & Ireland | CK 68568 | >25yrs 1mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Britain & Ireland | BB 52147 | >18yrs 6mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | France | 1061363 | 12yrs 0mths | Found dead |
| Temminck`s Stint | Calidris temminckii | Finland | V 539341 | 12yrs 0mths | Identified by other marks in the field |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Finland | PT-30356 | 19yrs 8mths | Shot |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Sweden | 4235212 | 20yrs 9mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Denmark | 807017 | 28yrs 10mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus | Sweden | 3386241 | >6yrs 10mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | Finland | AT 8167 | 13yrs 11mths | Accidentally trapped (e.g. fishnets) |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Germany | 7170838 | >12yrs 4mths | Shot |
| Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Sweden | 4104395 | >16yrs 3mths | Shot |
| Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | Britain & Ireland | R 4516 | 15yrs 5mths | Shot |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Britain & Ireland | EF 90838 | 23yrs 6mths | Controlled |
| >> Black-tailed Godwit | >> Limosa limosa | The Netherlands | 3288275 | 21yrs 11mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Britain & Ireland | DS 66532 | >33yrs 1mths | Controlled by ringer |
| >> Bar-tailed Godwit | >>Limosa lapponica | Britain & Ireland | DS 28165 | >31yrs 4mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Britain & Ireland | EH 49697 | 16yrs 1mths | Shot |
| >> Whimbrel | >> Numenius phaeopus | Denmark | 5035295 | >12yrs 2mths | Shot |
| Curlew | Numenius arquata | Britain & Ireland | FS40887 | >31yrs 10mths | Ring number read in the field |
| >>Curlew | >>Numenius arquata | Sweden | D 1266 | 31yrs 6mths | Shot |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Finland | B 70005 | >8yrs 7mths | Shot |
| Redshank | Tringa totanus | Denmark | 721125 | >26yrs 11mths | Found dead |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | France | GA 84137 | >7yrs 1mths | Shot |
| Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | The Netherlands | 2040963 | >24yrs 5mths | Killed by man |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Britain & Ireland | CR 63312 | >11yrs 6mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Sweden | 4035425 | >11yrs 7mths | Shot |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Finland | AT-73914 | 16yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Sweden | 3189307 | >14yrs 6mths | Found dead |
| >>Common Sandpiper | >>Actitis hypoleucos | Britain & Ireland | NV54164 | 14 yrs 0mths | Controlled breeding by ringer, male |
| Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Britain & Ireland | XS56243 | >21yrs 5mths | Controlled by ringer |
| >>Turnstone | >>Arenaria interpres | Finland | A 13503 | 19yrs 8mths | Shot |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Iceland | 931327 | 9yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Finland | ST 24110 | 31yrs 1mths | Found dead |
| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Sweden | 6164551 | 11yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Great Skua | Catharacta skua | Britain & Ireland | HW 25772 | 32yrs 11mths | Found dead |
| >> Great Skua | >>Catharacta skua | Britain & Ireland | HW 09685 | 32yrs 10mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Mediterranean Gull | Larus melanocephalus | Britain & Ireland | EN 84043 | 17yrs 11mths | Controlled |
| Little Gull | Larus minutus | Finland | AT 35319 | >20yrs 11mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus | Finland | S-049.023 | 30yrs 7mths | Found dead |
| >>Black-headed Gull | >>Larus ridibundus | Britain & Ireland | EH42857 | 29yrs 9mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Slender-billed Gull | Larus genei | Russia | E 271491 | 16yrs 2mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Audouin´s Gull | Larus audouinii | Italy | T51596 | 20yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | Denmark | 5003247 | 33yrs 8mths | Ring number read in the field |
| >> Common Gull | >> Larus canus | Finland | CT-014051 | 31yrs 8mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Britain & Ireland | GM21509 | 34yrs 11mths | Found dead |
| >> Lesser Black-backed Gull | >>Larus fuscus | Finland | HT-38864 | 30yrs 2mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | The Netherlands | 5020154 | 34yrs 9mths | Accidentally trapped (e.g. fishnets) |
| >> Herring Gull | >>Larus argentatus | Finland | HT-17100 | 32yrs 10mths | Killed by man |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Iceland | 214599 | 18yrs 8mths | Shot |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Finland | DT-3765 | 27yrs 1mths | Shot |
| Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Britain & Ireland | EC 26662 | 28yrs 6mths | Found dead (oiled) |
| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica | Germany | 6308865 | 12yrs 10mths | |
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | Sweden | U 22698 | 30yrs 0mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis | Britain & Ireland | DS61571 | 30yrs 9mths | Trapped |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Britain & Ireland | SX 080-- | 23yrs 10mths | Found dead |
| >> Roseate Tern | >>Sterna dougallii | Britain & Ireland | CK 73170 | 21yrs 0mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Britain & Ireland | CK 39045 | 33yrs 0mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Denmark | 864637 | 30yrs 11mths | Found dead |
| >> Arctic Tern | >> Sterna paradisaea | Germany | 7491927 | 30yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Little Tern | Sterna albifrons | Germany | 80303320 | 23yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Denmark | 8045639 | 21yrs 0mths | Found dead |
| Guillemot | Uria aalge | Sweden | 962086? | 42yrs 11mths | Ring number read in the field |
| >>Guillemot | >>Uria aalge | Sweden | 9623827 | 38yrs 10mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Brünnick´s Guillemot | Uria lomvia | Norway | 449130 | 20yrs 5mths | Shot |
| Razorbill | Alca torda | Britain & Ireland | AT 73954 | 42yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| >> Razorbill | >>Alca torda | Britain & Ireland | M2388 | >30yrs 5mths | Found dead |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | Sweden | 7068685 | 28yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| >> Black Guillemot | >>Cepphus grylle | Finland | ST 26032 | 25yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Puffin | Fratercula arctica | Iceland | 419571 | >33yrs 10mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Britain & Ireland | EK 12066 | 8yrs 0mths | Found dead |
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas | Switzerland | 930722 | 12yrs 7mths | Shot |
| Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | Britain & Ireland | FV 67324 | 17yrs 8mths | Controlled by ringer |
| >> Wood Pigeon | >>Columba palumbus | Britain & Ireland | 339579 | 15yrs 11mths | Shot |
| Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Britain & Ireland | ED 04205 | >17yrs 9mths | Found dead |
| Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | The Netherlands | 167353 | 13yrs 2mths | Shot |
| Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Germany | 6023421 | 12yrs 11mths | Found dead |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | The Netherlands | 102460 | >17yrs 11mths | Found dead |
| Eagle Owl | Bubo bubo | Finland | E 4559 | 26yrs 7mths | Found dead |
| Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula | Sweden | 9038484 | 8yrs 3mths | Found dead (wires) |
| Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium passerinum | Germany | TA1347 | 6yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| >> Pygmy Owl | >>Glaucidium passerinum | Finland | BV-19602 | 5yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer (nesting) |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | Britain & Ireland | ES 03970 | 10yrs 2mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | Britain & Ireland | AJ 95106 | 21yrs 6mths | Found dead |
| Ural Owl | Strix uralensis | Finland | D 47397 | 23yrs 10mths | Found dead |
| Great Grey Owl | Strix nebulosa | Sweden | 9220369 | 16yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer (nesting) |
| >> Great Grey Owl | >>Strix nebulosa | Sweden | 9209567 | 15yrs 10mths | Found dead (road casualty) |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Finland | H 7998 | >17yrs 11mths | Shot |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Germany | 3066160 | 20yrs 9mths | Found dead |
| Tengmalm`s Owl | Aegolius funereus | Finland | C 99518 | 15yrs 0mths | Found dead |
| Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | Britain & Ireland | XJ 86805 | >11yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Red-nected Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruficollis | Spain | 3031673 | 13yrs 3mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Swift | Apus apus | Switzerland | 605769 | 21yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | Belgium | N 18630 | 21yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | Germany | NA15042 | >5yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Roller | Coracias garrulus | PLW | E 30905 | 9yrs 2mths | Shot |
| Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Finland | P 245673 | 6yrs 2mths | Shot |
| Grey-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | Germany | 5021520 | 5yrs 5mths | Found dead |
| Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | Britain & Ireland | DS 73653 | 15yrs 2mths | Found dead (road casualty) |
| Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius | Finland | S 95923 | 14yrs 0mths | Identified by other marks in the field |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | Sweden | 4330049 | >12yrs 8mths | Controlled by ringer |
| White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | Finland | A 554077 | >15yrs 11mths | Identified by other marks in the field |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos minor | Sweden | A 35019 | 9yrs 10mths | Identified by other marks in the field |
| Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides tridactylus | Finland | A 587491 | 11yrs 3mths | Identified by other marks in the field |
| >> Three-toed Woodpecker | >>Picoides tridactylus | Finland | A 275614 | >6yrs 3mths | Shot |
| Skylark | Alauda arvensis | Britain & Ireland | BN21415 | >9yrs 5mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Sweden | AR 45926 | >10yrs 0mths | Found dead (road casualty) |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Britain & Ireland | LK 620 | 11yrs 1mths | Found dead |
| House Martin | Delichon urbica | Germany | G 68114 | 14yrs 6mths | Shot |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Sweden | 2452196 | >8yrs 2mths | Shot |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | Finland | 637661 | 7yrs 8mths | Killed by man |
| Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | Sweden | AK 74816 | >10yrs 11mths | Identified by other marks in the field |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Sweden | 2407355 | >8yrs 10mths | Found dead (wires) |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Germany | BO 87112 | >8yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Britain & Ireland | KN38306 | >12yrs 3mths | Found dead |
| Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | Finland | P 254205 | >6yrs 6mths | Killed by man |
| Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | Finland | PT 34971 | 10yrs 7mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | Britain & Ireland | 9B 2979 | 6yrs 9mths | Found dead |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | Britain & Ireland | BW170 | >11yrs 8mths | Found dead |
| Robin | Erithacus rubecula | Poland | HA 240125 | 17yrs 3mths | Killed by man |
| >> Robin | >> Erithacus rubecula | Germany | 8306378 | >13yrs 3mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | Germany | 80134942 | >8yrs 10mths | Found dead |
| Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | Spain | 2498771 | >10yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia s. svecica | Sweden | 2625610 | >8yrs 10mths | Found dead (window) |
| >> Bluethroat | >> Luscinia s. cyanecula | Spain | N0074112 | 11yrs 5mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | The Netherlands | S 128312 | >10yrs 2mths | Killed by man |
| Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Denmark | 9H40474 | 10yrs 3mths | Killed by man |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Sweden | BM 86810 | 6yrs 1mths | Controlled by ringer (nesting) |
| >> Whinchat | >>Saxicola rubetra | Finland | K 50898 | 5yrs 2mths | Killed by man |
| Stonechat | Saxicola torquata | Germany | 9X36806 | >8yrs 10mths | Found dead |
| Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Sweden | 1EE42448 | 11yrs 1mths | Controlled by ringer (nesting) |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | Spain | 3015231 | 9yrs 1mths | Found dead |
| Blackbird | Turdus merula | Germany | 7561680 | 21yrs 10mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | Finland | A 44583 | 18yrs 1mths | Shot |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | Britain & Ireland | CP 71448 | >17yrs 8mths | Found dead |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | Finland | P 337619 | 17yrs 4mths | Shot |
| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | Switzerland | 768038 | 21yrs 3mths | Shot |
| Cetti`s Warbler | Cettia cetti | Britain & Ireland | KV 98586 | 7yrs 7mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | Britain & Ireland | A 889049 | 5yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Savi`s Warbler | Locustella luscinoides | Spain | 346754 | >7yrs 6mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | Spain | 154259 | >9yrs 10mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Finland | V 637074 | 10yrs 1mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Blyth`s Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | Finland | J 680164 | >7yrs 9mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | Sweden | AX 18398 | >9yrs 1mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | Britain & Ireland | E 872034 | >13yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | Germany | 80532535 | >10yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | Spain | 525058 | 8yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| >> Melodious Warbler | >>Hippolais polyglotta | Spain | M 36622 | >8yrs 10mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | Germany | 9G 77549 | >10yrs 10mths | Shot |
| Sardinian Warbler | Sylvia melanocephala | Spain | 146809 | 8yrs 4mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Barred Warbler | Sylvia nisoria | Sweden | 2310578 | >11yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Sylvia curruca | Britain & Ireland | N439903 | >8yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer, female |
| >>Lesser Whitethroat | >>Sylvia curruca | Sweden | BM 80678 | 7yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer (nesting) |
| Whitethroat | Sylvia communis | Britain & Ireland | CG 9682 | >6yrs 1mths | Found dead |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | Germany | 393985 | >14yrs 2mths | Shot |
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | Germany | 80767537 | 11yrs 7mths | Killed by man |
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Germany | AL 5318 | 10yrs 3mths | Controlled |
| Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Britain & Ireland | 5R9768 | 7yrs 8mths | Found dead |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Britain & Ireland | 9J1321 | 11yrs 9mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | Britain & Ireland | 1J2877 | 5yrs 1mths | Found dead (window) |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Finland | J 978561 | 11yrs 0mths | Killed by cat |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | Germany | K 265662 | 7yrs 11mths | Controlled |
| Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | Finland | J 574662 | 10yrs 11mths | Shot |
| Bearded Tit | Panurus biarmicus | Britain & Ireland | E 296078 | 6yrs 5mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | Denmark | 9398461 | >10yrs 9mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Marsh Tit | Parus palustris | Sweden | AC 18265 | >11yrs 11mths | Killed by bird of prey |
| Willow Tit | Parus montanus | Britain & Ireland | JE 10783 | >11yrs 4mths | Controlled by ringer |
| >> Willow Tit | >> Parus montanus | Finland | X-382866 | 11yrs 4mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Siberian Tit | Parus cinctus | Finland | J 959031 | 9yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Crested Tit | Parus cristatus | Finland | J 951734 | >11yrs 7mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Coal Tit | Parus ater | Britain & Ireland | KB 35969 | >9yrs 4mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Blue Tit | Parus caeruleus | Britain & Ireland | A 691347 | 9yrs 9mths | Found dead |
| Great Tit | Parus major | Germany | 9222933 | >15yrs 5mths | Found dead |
| Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | Britain & Ireland | VA82072 | >12yrs 11mths | Found dead |
| Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | Britain & Ireland | 3B6601 | 8yrs 1mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Short-toed Tree Creeper | Certhia brachydactyla | Spain | 551897 | >5yrs 8mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Penduline Tit | Remiz pendulinus | Sweden | BC 88232 | 6yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer |
| >> Penduline Tit | >>Remiz pendulinus | Sweden | AC 43445 | 6yrs 8mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Britain & Ireland | RA 59406 | 10yrs 11mths | Controlled by ringer (nesting) |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Finland | P 466455 | 7yrs 9mths | Shot |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Finland | A 409668 | >8yrs 2mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Germany | 7367101 | 5yrs 8mths | Found dead (train) |
| Jay | Garrulus glandarius | Sweden | C 37195 | 16yrs 11mths | Found dead (wires) |
| Siberian Jay | Perisoreus infaustus | Finland | A572455 | 13yrs 4mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Magpie | Pica pica | Britain & Ireland | 74564 | >21yrs 8mths | Shot |
| Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | Sweden | 5096906 | >16yrs 3mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | Spain | 6078416 | 12yrs 7mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Alpine Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | Switzerland | K 4672 | 24yrs 5mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | Denmark | 608653 | 19yrs 11mths | Found dead (road casualty) |
| >> Jackdaw | >> Corvus monedula | Sweden | 6066625 | >19yrs 8mths | Found dead |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | Britain & Ireland | FV 55866 | 22yrs 11mths | Found dead |
| >> Rook | Corvus frugilegus | Britain & Ireland | FS 21792 | 20yrs 6mths | Shot |
| Crow | Corvus corone | Switzerland | Z58565 | 19yrs 2mths | Ring number read in the field |
| >>Crow | >>Corvus corone | Britain & Ireland | FS 40208 | 17yrs 11mths | Shot |
| Raven | Corvus corax | Norway | 342461 | 21yrs 11mths | Ring number read in the field |
| >> Raven | >> Corvus corax | Finland | D 21783 | 20yrs 5mths | Found shot |
| Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Denmark | 8552412 | 22yrs 11mths | Found dead |
| Spotless Starling | Sturnus unicolor | Spain | 3173460 | 8yrs 6mths | Controlled by ringer |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Denmark | 9412172 | >19yrs 9mths | Found dead |
| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | Spain | 2718667 | 7yrs 9mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | France | 417586 | >13yrs 1mths | Found dead |
| Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | Spain | 2752869 | 7yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | The Netherlands | F 19734 | >14yrs 0mths | Found dead |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Sweden | 2197911 | >14yrs 9mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Serin | Serinus serinus | Spain | 786050 | 7yrs 7mths | Controlled by ringer |
| >> Serin | >>Serinus serinus | Spain | 66617 | >7yrs 3mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Greenfinch | Carduelis chloris | Britain & Ireland | P3640 | 13yrs 0mths | Controlled |
| Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | Germany | 8719527 | >11yrs 9mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Siskin | Carduelis spinus | Russia | S 730968 | 13yrs 6mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Linnet | Carduelis cannabina | France | 1192972 | 9yrs 5mths | Found dead |
| Redpoll | Carduelis flammea | Finland | K 370978 | 10yrs 8mths | Shot |
| Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | Sweden | YL 2605 | >6yrs 10mths | Shot |
| Parrot Crossbill | Loxia pytyopsittacus | Sweden | YM 3015 | 6 yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Scarlet Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | Finland | P 81988 | 8yrs 11mths | Ring number read in the field |
| Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Germany | 8983918 | >12yrs 7mths | Found dead |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Germany | 7241335 | >12yrs 7mths | Found dead |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | Iceland | 952718 | 9yrs 6mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | Germany | 80438231 | >13yrs 0mths | Killed by bird of prey |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Norway | E 311117 | >5yrs 10mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Yellow-breasted Bunting | Emberiza aureola | Finland | P 105089 | 7yrs 0mths | Controlled by ringer |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | The Netherlands | S 9774 | >11yrs 3mths | Found dead |
| Corn Bunting | Miliaria calandra | Spain | Y 5823 | 9yrs 10mths | Shot |
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| This longevity list
should be cited as: Staav, R.& Fransson, T. (2008) EURING list of longevity records for European birds (http://www.euring.org/data_and_codes/longevity.htm). |
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