As a system to regulate the activities of capture and handling of birds, ProAves has been standardizing and elevating the quality of bird banding in Colombia, so that it contributes to monitoring and conservation efforts.
After two years of work our greatest achievement has been to increase the capacity of Colombian banders, bringing together a group of international trainers that disseminate their experience in the country.
Among the achievements of the program are:
An online recording system to report of recaptures and recoveries. A banding protocol available for qualified people, which includes banding formats for data recording. A SNA webpage, updated by more than 12,000 visits up to December 2006. 31 banding agreements. Two volunteer banding groups formed in 2006. Nine training courses (three in 2006) with three defined levels of training. An online database with 70,000 records. Chair of the Western Hemisphere Bird banding Network. The certification of two members of ProAves as banders and trainers by the North American Banding Council. Training of two members of ProAves in banding by the Wetland Trust, England. The recovery in Guatemala of a Nazca Booby banded in Malpelo Island. The record was made through the program that is carried out with Malpelo Foundation, Calidris Association, Invemar and Conservation International.
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Banding equipment available for researchers
Monday 21 June 2010.
All researchers wishing to undertake banding projects in Colombia are invited to receive free bird bands and loan of technical field equipment with the aim of assisting bird research.
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Amazing records from the remote Malpelo Island
Tuesday 30 March 2010.
During February 2010, ProAves participated in the 13th expedition to Colombia’s remote Malpelo Island in the Pacific Ocean. During the expedition 300 Nazca Booby individuals were banded as well as other seabirds. Amazingly, three young and very lost Snail Kites were filmed on the island!
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8th Nazca Booby banding journey
Friday 5 December 2008.
ProAves completed our 8th Nazca Booby banding expedition to the Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, obtaining information on its population structure, molting patterns, and reproduction, of this species on the island.
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Birds banded in Colombia captured in North America
Wednesday 5 December 2007.
Two birds banded in Colombia as part of the ProAves Migratory Bird Monitoring Program supported by NMBCA (USFWS) were recaptured in Canada and USA: a Rose-breasted Grosbeak and a Blue Grosbeak.
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New training to ProAves in the UK
Friday 26 October 2007.
Two ProAves staff members recently received advanced bird banding training in the United Kingdom thanks to The Wetland Trust and the British Trust for Ornithology.