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  • ABSA Bird in the Hand
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  • Recommended band size list - Birds of Australia and its Territories - May 2018

Flightlines newsletters

Flightlines is a periodic newsletter published by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme. It contains information relevant to bird and bat banding in Australia. Sections include updates from the banding office, a bander billboard and notable recoveries of Australian-banded birds and bats.

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Forms

ABBBS Authority information (PDF - 142.59 KB)
ABBBS Authority information (DOCX - 65.57 KB)

Application to gain access to banding data (PDF - 74 KB)
Application to gain access to banding data (DOCX - 62 KB) ​

Bander's Diary Sheet (PDF - 298 KB)
Bander's Diary Sheet (DOCX - 51 KB) ​

Banding authority application (PDF - 269.88 KB)

Colour marking authority application (PDF - 39 KB)
Colour marking authority application (DOCX - 55 KB)

Data despatch/summary (PDF - 76 KB)
Data despatch/summary (DOCX - 43 KB) ​

Location code registration (PDF - 93 KB) ​
Location code registration (DOCX - 61 KB)

Moult recording sheet – Type 1 (PDF - 427.29 KB) ​
Moult recording sheet – Type 1 (DOCX - 480.64 KB) ​

Permission to release name and address (PDF - 36.66 KB)
Permission to release name and address (DOCX - 56.29 KB) ​

Plumage and soft parts description sheet (PDF - 128.5 KB)
Plumage and soft parts description sheet (DOCX - 213.89 KB)

​Project proposal application (PDF - 133.67 KB)
Project proposal application (DOCX - 72.74 KB) ​

Project report (PDF - 261.14 KB)​

Referee report - Bat (PDF - 78 KB)
Referee report - Bat (DOCX - 50 KB) ​

Referee report - Bird (PDF - 111 KB) ​
Referee report - Bird (DOCX - 56 KB) ​

Requisition for banding supplies (PDF - 174 KB)
Requisition for banding supplies (DOCX - 39 KB) ​

Trainee Bander’s Diary (PDF - 181.01 KB)
Trainee Bander’s Diary (XLSX - 50.84 KB)

Transfer of banding supplies (PDF - 96 KB)
Transfer of banding supplies (DOCX - 54 KB) ​

Trial of band size (PDF - 120 KB)
Trial of band size (DOCX - 53 KB) ​

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