Bird Leg Band Decoder
We also make Aluminium Pigeon Rings.
Bird leg band decoder. Unless the US has a national register. Metal leg bands are usually found on terrestrial birds while plastic leg bands and collars are usually found on waterfowl and shorebirds. Different locations colors and types of bandsalong with the codes engraved on the bandscombine to make each birds band combination unique.
Approx 47mm Wire Thickness. Examples of leg band numbers. The bird grows and the band cannot slip back off.
The way you look up a parrots band depends on the organization he came through. The leg band is often the only form of identification for a bird. The band would be usually up to 3 initials which usually stands for the name of the breeder or aviary name and 2 letters for.
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Pink Silver White Black. Unfortunately if it is removed positive identification becomes difficult and unreliable. Order 10 leg bands.
There are a number of reasons why identification of a bird is important. Its purple and had QPI3508 on the band. What You Need To.
A bird with an open band was either brought into the country as a wild caught bird prior to the importation ban or was transported as a pet from another country and stayed in the importation station during a period of quarantine. Pliers are required to close these bands. If someone was to have that information and your bird got lose they would be able to claim the bird is theirs because they know the band info.
