[missbird] Re: "New" abbreviations
- From: "Matt Smith" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "mcsmitfl@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: "jlyancy@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jlyancy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 14:36:24 -0600
Jesse,
The four-letter codes were originally created as shorthand for banders. There's
a couple of different systems in use, but here's a good source that lists the
basic rules you can use to figure out the code for probably 99% of species:
https://www.carolinabirdclub.org/bandcodes.html
And as for deciphering them, here's a handy alphabetical list:
http://www.birdpop.org/DownloadDocuments/Alpha_codes_eng.pdf
Hope this helps,
Matt Smith
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> On Jan 5, 2015, at 2:29 PM, "Jesse Yancy" <jlyancy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This might sound simplistic, but I’m often confused by the new abbreviations
> that are often used in this forum (TRKI for tropical kingbird, for instance)
> and I was wondering if there is some sort of guide to these or are they just
> ones birders use as shorthand.
> Jesse Yancy
>
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