iband7: IBP banding data entry system |  |
iband7: IBP banding data entry system | |
Starting with the 2013 field season, this three-character field holds the WRP (Wolfe-Ryder-Pyle) codes as defined in this work:
Wolfe, Jared D., Thomas B. Ryder, and Peter Pyle. Using molt cycles to categorize the age of tropical birds: an integrative new system. In J. Field Ornithol. 81(2): 186–194, 2002.
The field may be entirely blank, or it may contain three characters. The first column defines the molt cycle:
F | First cycle. |
S | Second cycle. |
T | Third cycle. |
4 | Fourth cycle. |
D | Definitive. |
U | Unknown. |
The second character qualifies the cycle.
C | Between molts. |
P |
Undergoing molts, e.g., FPA for a
bird undergoing first pre-alternate molt.
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A |
“At least;” for example, SAB for “at least third
Basic.”
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The third character describes the plumage.
J | Juvenal. |
F | Formative. |
A | Alternate. |
S | Supplemental. |
B | Basic. |
U | Unknown. |