What the rings reveal
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2024
They are of the race islandica , a sub species of the nominate race, limosa. That’s why the current trend to radio-tag birds reveals so much more than ringing, though it is of course vastly more expensive. Rings are not the only way of marking birds, and with a number of species wing tags are more often used.
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