size flag.pdf - European colour-ring Birding

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Colour leg flags sizes for Western Palearctic waders
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ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME AMOUNT OF
ALPHA-
NUMERIC
DIGITS
PAINTED SNIPES Family Rostratulidae
Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
INNER
DIAMETER
(ID) in mm
LENGHT
(L) in mm
HEIGHT
(H) in mm
OYSTERCATCHERS Family Haematopodidae
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 1-4 9 25 14
African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini 1-4 9 25 14
STILTS, AVOCETS Family Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 1-3 7 21 12
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 1-3 7 21 12
CRAB-PLOVER Family Dromadidae
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
ID
A34
L
H
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STONE-CURLEWS, THICK-KNEES Family Burhinidae
Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 1-3 7 21 12
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
COURSERS, PRATINCOLES Family Glareolidae
Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor 1-3 5,5 16 10
Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
PLOVERS Family Charadriidae
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 1-3 3,3 10 7
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 1-3 3,3 10 7
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 1-3 3,3 10 7
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 1-3 3,3 10 7
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius 1-3 3,3 10 7
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris 1-3 3,3 10 7
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 1-3 3,3 10 7
Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus 1-3 3,3 10 7
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus 1-3 3,3 10 7
Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus 1-3 3,3 10 7
Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 1-3 5,5 16 10
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 1-3 5,5 16 10
European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 1-3 5,5 16 10
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 1-3 5,5 16 10
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 1-3 5,5 16 10
Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus 1-3 5,5 16 10
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus 1-3 5,5 16 10
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius 1-3 5,5 16 10
White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 1-3 5,5 16 10
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 1-3 5,5 16 10

ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME AMOUNT OF
ALPHA-
NUMERIC
INNER
DIAMETER
(ID) in mm
LENGHT
(L) in mm
HEIGHT
(H) in mm
DIGITS
SANDPIPERS, SNIPES Family Scolopacidae
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris 1-3 5,5 16 10
Red Knot Calidris canutus 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Sanderling Calidris alba 1-3 3,3 10 7
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 1-2 2,8 8 6
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 1-2 2,8 8 6
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 1-2 2,8 8 6
Little Stint Calidris minuta 1-2 2,8 8 6
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 1-2 2,8 8 6
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta 1-2 2,8 8 6
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 1-2 2,8 8 6
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 1-2 2,8 8 6
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 1-2 2,8 8 6
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 1-3 3,3 10 7
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 1-3 3,3 10 7
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 1-3 3,3 10 7
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 1-3 3,3 10 7
Dunlin Calidris alpina 1-3 3,3 10 7
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 1-3 3,3 10 7
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus 1-3 3,3 10 7
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis 1-3 3,3 10 7
Ruff Philomachus pugnax 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 1-3 3,3 10 7
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Great Snipe Gallinago media 1-3 5,5 16 10
Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 1-3 7 21 12
American Woodcock Scolopax minor
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 1-3 7 21 12
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 1-3 5,5 16 10
Little Curlew Numenius minutus
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1-3 7 21 12
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 1-4 9 25 14
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 1-3 5,5 16 10
Common Redshank Tringa totanus 1-3 5,5 16 10
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 1-3 5,5 16 10
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 1-3 5,5 16 10
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1-3 3,3 10 7
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1-3 3,3 10 7
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 1-3 3,3 10 7
Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes 1-3 5,5 16 10
Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1-3 4,5 13 8,5
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 1-3 3,3 10 7
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1-3 3,3 10 7
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 1-3 3,3 10 7