SAFRING: Historical Bird Ringing Records (2005-2009)

Dieter Oschadleus

doi:10.15468/jclwaz

SAFRING: Historical Bird Ringing Records (2005-2009)

Citation

Oschadleus D, Ranwashe F (2017). SAFRING: Historical Bird Ringing Records (2005-2009). Version 1.1. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/jclwaz accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-13.

Description

Bird ringing started in 1948 in southern Africa and is thus the longest running bird monitoring project in the sub-region. Although the data are biased to areas where ringers operated, it is an invaluable record of bird occurrence and distribution changes, arrival and departure times of migrants, survival and mass data in historical times.The South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING), which is an essential arm of the Animal Demography Unit, administers bird ringing in southern Africa.

Taxonomic Coverages

Birds

Aves
common name: Birds rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Global; most ringing records are from southern Africa.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Dieter Oschadleus
originator
position: Bird ringing coordinator
Animal Demography Unit - University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
Cape Town
7700
Western Cape
ZA
Telephone: 021 650 2421
email: Dieter.Oschadleus@uct.ac.za
homepage: http://safring.adu.org.za/

Fhatani Ranwashe
metadata author
position: Data Technician
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Private Bag X7, Kirstenbosch
Claremont
7735
Western Cape
ZA
Telephone: 021 799 8738
email: f.ramwashe@sanbi.org.za
homepage: http://www.sanbi.org/

Dieter Oschadleus
administrative point of contact
position: Bird ringing coordinator
Animal Demography Unit - University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
Cape Town
7700
Western Cape
ZA
Telephone: 021 650 2421
email: Dieter.Oschadleus@uct.ac.za
homepage: http://safring.adu.org.za/