On-line reporting of banded birds and bats

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You can use this form to report the recovery of a banded bird or bat banded with an Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme (ABBBS) band. The ABBBS will send you a written report giving all of the banding details. If you are not sure if you have an ABBBS band, please go to Bird and Bat Bands for more information. If you think you may have a band used by Pigeon Racers and Breeders, please go to Domestic and Pigeon Bands for more information.

If you are not sure about the points above, please contact us.

Please fill in as much of the following information as you can, then press the SUBMIT button to submit your report to the ABBBS.

Details

Band number:

(Prefix-suffix - the suffix is always the last five digits. eg. 190-12345)

Species (if known):

Colour marks (if any):

(eg: Left leg: orange over white over orange, Right leg: nothing over nothing over metal)

Left leg top:

over

Right leg top:

over

Any additional colour marks:

eg: Position on leg, engraved markings, leg flags, wing tags, neck collars, nasal saddles etc

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Date

Date of recovery:

Exact date known:

If exact date not known, please give as much detail as possible:

Condition

Location

Where was the bird/bat/band found?

Local area/town/suburb:

In State/Territory:

Which is:

Kilometres

of:

Country

Australia

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Other:

GPS Coordinates(if known):

(Degrees:Minutes:Seconds)

dd°:

mm':

ss.s":

dd°:

mm':

ss.s":

Your details

Your name:

Address:

City/town/suburb:

State:

Postcode:

Country:

Phone:

Email:

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On-line reporting of banded birds and bats