Shorebird Color Flagging Protocolon the East Asian-Australasian Flyway(As of 17 Nov 2015)

Available at http://www.eaaflyway.net/coordination-of-marking.php

White

White

White

White

White

White

White

no flag

White

Black

Blue

Green

OrangeYellow1(:=($/$1'

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ROG

7DLZDQ

6RXWK,VODQG(DVWHUQ<HOORZ6HD

Hong.RQJ

1RUWK,VODQG
PD\EHHQJUDYHG

PD\EHHQJUDYHG

Black

Black

Black

Black

Black

Black

Black

no flagWhiteBlackBlue

Green

OrangeYellow

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RQOHIWOHJ

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7KDLODQG3HQLQVXODU
.R/LERQJ
7\SLFDO 5LJKWOHJ 
*XOIRI7KDLODQG-DYD %DOL

SURSRVHG*by mistake used forbirds in Kamchatka,
RussiaPD\EHHQJUDYHG 
1RWHDQJOHGIODJVRQOHIWOHJVPD\EHHQJUDYHG
ERWKIODJVRQULJKWWLELDBlue

BlueBlueBlueBlueBlueBlue

no flag

White

BlackBlue

GreenOrangeYellow

021*2/,$-$3$1-$3$1&+,1$-$3$1-$3$1&+,1$

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1RUWKHUQ-DSDQ

6RXWKHUQ-DSDQ%RKDL%D\6KXQNXQLWDL
(DVWHUQ+RNNDLGR

2ELWVX 7\SLFDOIODJ RU<DWVX7LGDO)ODW $QJOHGIODJ/DNH.RPXNH1RUWKHUQ+RNNDLGR

7LELD 7DUVXV.\XVKX%RWKWDUVXV 2NLQDZD

7\SLFDO 7DQJVKDQ$QJOHG &DQJ]KRXRQOHIWOHJV

RQOHIWOHJVPD\EHHQJUDYHG

Green

Green

Green

GreenGreen

Green

Green

no flag

White

BlackBlue

Green

OrangeYellow$8675$/,$

6,1*$325(&$0%2',$&+,1$65,/$1.$

7LELD 7DUXV%RWKWDUVXV 0L\DJL3UHIRQOHIWOHJVPD\EHHQJUDYHG

4XHHQVODQG-LDQJVXPD\EHHQJUDYHG&+,1$$8675$/,$<DOXMLDQJ*XOIRI&DUSHQWDULD

PD\EHHQJUDYHGRUFDUU\LQJRWKHUFRORXUEDQGVPD\EHHQJUDYHG

OrangeOrangeOrangeOrangeOrangeOrangeOrange

no flagWhiteBlack

Blue

Green

OrangeYellow$8675$/,$6287+.25($,1'21(6,$$8675$/,$$8675$/,$,1'21(6,$$8675$/,$9LFWRULD(DVWHUQ<HOORZ6HD
ROG

6XPDWUD:HVW3DSXD

6RXWK$XVWUDOLD

PD\EHHQJUDYHG

7DVPDQLD

1HZ6RXWK:DOHV

PD\EHHQJUDYHG

PD\EHHQJUDYHG

PD\EHHQJUDYHG

Yellow

Yellow

Yellow

Yellow

Yellow

Yellow

no flag

White

BlackBlue

Green

OrangeYellow$8675$/,$5866,$5866,$$8675$/,$9,(71$0$8675$/,$%$1*/$'(6+1RUWKHUQ7HUULWRU\1:HVWHUQ$XVWUDOLD

6DNKDOLQ,VODQG.DPFKDWND

PD\EHHQJUDYHGRUFDUU\LQJIRXURWKHUFRORXUEDQGVPD\XVHDQJOHGIODJVLQIXWXUH*also using Black over Yellow

Yellow

6::HVWHUQ$XVWUDOLD
PD\EHHQJUDYHG

Other Color Flags used on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway

Pale Green

Pale Green

Pale Blue

Pale Blue

Pale Blue (ring)

Green (ring)

Orange (ring)no flagWhiteno flag

White

Green

Green

Green

5866,$

5866,$

5866,$

5866,$

86$

86$

86$

6RXWKHUQ&KXNRWND

6RXWKHUQ&KXNRWND

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1RUWKHUQ$ODVND,NSLNSXN 3UXGKRH%D\1RUWKHUQ$ODVND 1RUWKZHVWHUQ$ODVND&DQQLQJULYHU(Cape Krusenstern)

PDUNLQJVFDQEHSODFHGRQ PDUNLQJVFDQEHSODFHGRQ PDUNLQJVFDQEHSODFHGRQGLIIHUHQWSDUWVRIOHJV 
GLIIHUHQWSDUWVRIOHJV 
GLIIHUHQWSDUWVRIOHJV ZKLWHPD\EHHQJUDYHG

Red (ring)

Yellow (ring)Blue (ring)

Black

Red

Yellow

GreenGreenGreenno flagno flagno flagno flag

86$

86$

86$

1(:=($/$1'
$8675$/,$ 86$1(:=($/$1'

1(:=($/$1'

1(:=($/$1'

1RUWKHUQ$ODVND

1RUWKHUQ$ODVND:HVWHUQ$ODVND%DUURZ%DUURZ

1RPH(QJUDYHG

127HQJUDYHG0D\FDUU\LQJIRXURWKHUFRORXUEDQGVIODJPD\EHHQJUDYHG PDUNLQJVFDQEHSODFHGRQPDUNLQJVFDQEHSODFHGRQ
GLIIHUHQWSDUWVRIOHJV 
GLIIHUHQWSDUWVRIOHJV White

6RXWK,VODQG%DUWDLOHG*RGZLWV%DUWDLOHG*RGZLWV(QJUDYHG(QJUDYHG

1HZ=HDODQG3LHG
2\VWHUFDWFKHUV+DHPDWRSXVILQVFKL

9DULDEOH2\VWHUFDWFKHUV+DHPDWRSXVXQLFRORU

Shorebird Color Flagging Protocol on the EAAF (by color)
Upper flag

Lower flag

Black

Black

CountryLocation

MYANMARBlackBluePHILIPPINES

Philippines

Black

Green

THAILAND

Thailand Peninsular & Gulf of Thailand

Black

OrangeINDONESIAJava & Bali

BlackWhiteCHINA

Chongming Island

BlackYellow

MALAYSIA(proposed) *by mistake used for birds in Kamchatka, Russia

Black (L)no flag

SOUTHERN INDIA

Blue

Black

CHINA

Hainan-Guangxi

Blue

Blue

JAPAN

Lake Komuke, NorthernHokkaido
Western AlaskaBlue (ring)

GreenUSA

Blue

Green

MONGOLIABlue

OrangeJAPAN

Kyushu & Okinawa

Blue

WhiteJAPANTokyo Bay & Miyagi Prefecture

Blue

Yellow

CHINA

Bohai BayBlue

no flagJAPAN

Shunkunitai, Eastern Hokkaido

Green

Black

CAMBODIA

Green

Blue

CHINA

Jiangsu

Green (ring)

Green

USA

Northern Alaska (Canning river)

Green

Green

SRI LANKA

GreenOrange

CHINA

GreenWhiteSINGAPORE

Green

Yellow

AUSTRALIAGulf of Carpentaria

Greenno flag

AUSTRALIAQueensland

OrangeBlack

INDONESIA

SumatraOrangeBlue

AUSTRALIA

Tasmania

Orange (ring)

GreenUSA

North Western Alaska

Yalujiang

OrangeGreenAUSTRALIANew South Wales

OrangeOrangeINDONESIAWest Papua

OrangeWhite

SOUTH KOREA

Eastern Yellow Sea (old)Orange

Yellow

AUSTRALIASouth Australia

Orangeno flag

AUSTRALIA

Victoria
Chongming Island (old)

White

Black

CHINA

White

Blue

CHINA

Taiwan

White

Green

NEW ZEALAND

South Island
Eastern Yellow Sea

WhiteOrange

SOUTH KOREA

White

White

NORTHERN INDIAWhiteYellow

CHINA

Hong Kong

Whiteno flag

NEW ZEALAND

North IslandYellow

Black

RUSSIAKamchatka *also using Black over Yellow

YellowBlue

AUSTRALIA

Northern Territory

Yellow (ring)

GreenUSA

Northern Alaska (Barrow)

Yellow

GreenVIETNAM

Yellow

OrangeAUSTRALIASW Western Australia

YellowWhite

RUSSIA

Sakhalin Island

Yellow

YellowBANGLADESH

Yellow

no flag

AUSTRALIA

N Western Australia

Pale Greenno flag

RUSSIASouthern Chukotka

Pale GreenWhite

RUSSIASouthern Chukotka

Pale BlueWhite

RUSSIA

Wrangel Island

Pale Blueno flag

RUSSIA

Northern Chukotka

Pale Blue (ring)

GreenUSA

Northern Alaska (Ikpikpuk&Prudhoe Bay)Red (ring)

GreenUSA

Northern Alaska (Barrow)Shorebird Color Flagging Protocol on the EAAF (by country)
Upper flag

Lower flag

Country

Location

GreenYellow

AUSTRALIA

Gulf of Carpentaria

Greenno flag

AUSTRALIA

Queensland

OrangeBlue

AUSTRALIA

Tasmania

OrangeGreenAUSTRALIANew South Wales

OrangeYellow

AUSTRALIASouth Australia

Orangeno flag

AUSTRALIA

Victoria

YellowBlue

AUSTRALIA

Northern Territory

Yellow

OrangeAUSTRALIASW Western Australia

Yellow

no flag

AUSTRALIA

N Western Australia

Yellow

YellowBANGLADESH

Green

Black

CAMBODIA

Black

White

CHINA

Chongming Island

Blue

Black

CHINA

Hainan-Guangxi

Blue

Yellow

CHINA

Bohai Bay

GreenBlue

CHINA

Jiangsu

GreenOrange

CHINA

Yalujiang

WhiteBlack

CHINA

Chongming Island (old)WhiteBlueCHINATaiwan

WhiteYellow

CHINA

Hong Kong

BlackOrange

INDONESIAJava & BaliOrange

Black

INDONESIA

SumatraBlue

Blue

JAPANLake Komuke, Northern Hokkaido

BlueOrange

JAPANKyushu & Okinawa

Blue

White

JAPAN

Tokyo Bay & Miyagi Prefecture Shunkunitai, EasternBlueno flagJAPANHokkaido

BlackYellow

MALAYSIA(proposed) *by mistake used for birds in Kamchatka, Russia

Blue

Green

MONGOLIA

Black

Black

MYANMAR

White

Green

NEW ZEALAND

South IslandWhite

no flag

NEW ZEALAND

North Island

Black

Blue

PHILIPPINESYellow

Black

RUSSIA

Kamchatka *also using Black over Yellow

Pale Blueno flag

RUSSIANorthern Chukotka Sakhalin Island Southern

YellowWhite

RUSSIA

Chukotka Southern Chukotka Wrangel Island

Pale Greenno flag

RUSSIA

Pale GreenWhiteRUSSIA

Pale BlueWhite

RUSSIA

GreenWhiteSINGAPORE

OrangeWhite

SOUTH KOREA

Eastern Yellow Sea (old)WhiteOrange

SOUTH KOREA

Eastern Yellow Sea

WhiteWhiteNORTHERN INDIA

Black (L)no flag

SOUTHERN INDIA

Green

Green

SRI LANKA

Black

Green

THAILANDRed (ring)

Green

USA

Northern Alaska (Barrow)

Yellow (ring)

GreenUSA

Northern Alaska (Barrow)

Thailand Peninsular & Gulf of Thailand

Green (ring)

GreenUSA

Northern Alaska (Canning river)

Pale Blue (ring)

GreenUSA

Northern Alaska (Ikpikpuk&Prudhoe Bay)

Orange (ring)

GreenUSA

North Western AlaskaBlue (ring)

GreenUSA

Western Alaska

Yellow

Green

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AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA

Queensland

Gulf of Carpentaria(May be engraved)

G

CAMBODIA

CHINA

CHINA

GJiangsu

Yalujiang

SRI LANKASINGAPORE

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA

N Western Australia

SW Western Australia

Northern Territory(N Yellow Sea)

(May be engraved)(May be engraved)

GG

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA

INDONESIAINDONESIA

SOUTH KOREAINDONESIA

Victoria

Tasmania

South Australia

SumatraWest Papua

Eastern Yellow Sea (old)Java & Bali

(May be engraved)(May be engraved)(May be engraved)(May be engraved)

CHINA

CHINA

NEW ZEALANDNEW ZEALAND

Chongming Island

North Island

South Island(old)(May be engraved)(May be engraved)

VIETNAM*also using Black over Yellow (May use angled flags

MYANMARPHILIPPINESMALAYSIATHAILANDTHAILAND

SOUTHERN

CHINA*by mistake used forbirds in Katchatka,
RussiaThailand Peninsula

Gulf of Thailand

INDIA

Chongming(May be engraved)(May be engraved)

G

SOUTH KOREA

CHINA

CHINA

JAPANJAPANJAPANJAPAN

Eastern Yellow Sea

Hainan-Guangxi

Bohai Bay

Kyushu &Lake Komuke,

Shunkunitai,Tokyo Bay &Northern

Eastern Hokkaido

Miyagi prefecture

NORTHERN INDIAG

Sakhalin Islandin the future)

AUSTRALIA

Hong Kong

RUSSIA

Kamchatka(May be engraved)

AUSTRALIA

TaiwanRUSSIAGG

New South Wales

CHINA

BANGLADESH

Tangshan&Cangzhou

Okinawa

Hokkaido

RUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIA

USA

USA

USA

USA

USA

USA

S Chukotka

S Chukotka

Wrangel Island

N Chukotka

N Alaska

N Alaska (Canning

NW Alaska (CapeN Alaska

N Alaska (Barrow)

W Alaska(White may be(Ikpikpuk&Prudhoeriver)

Krusenstern)(Barrow)(Flag may be engraved)(Nome)

engraved)

Bay)(Markings may be(Markings may be(Markings may be(Markings may be placed(Markings may be(Markings may be placed

placed on different

placed on different

placed on different

on different parts of legs)

placed on different

on different parts of legs)

parts of legs)

parts of legs)

parts of legs)

parts of legs)(May be engraved)

IslandMONGOLIA