Includes colored neck and leg bands, paints, dyes, leg or wing flags or streamers, tags, nasal discs, and radio transmitters. On bands smaller than size 2, the legend is stamped on the inside of the band. Older bands have different legends. Each band used in the North American Bird Banding Program carries a unique serial number. On smaller bands the prefix is usually stamped above the suffix.
Hummingbird bands have a single letter that represents the prefix.
The last 5 digits of the band number after the separation or dash. The percentage of banded birds shot and retrieved by hunters that are reported to the Bird Banding Laboratory. This statistic is used primarily in the analysis of migratory game bird banding data. One of two principal Bird Banding Office computer files. In this file are data for groups of birds of one species banded at the same time, and with all other banding information identical.