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Palau seabirds
  • Welcome
  • Foreword
  • Executive summary
  • Part 1: Oceania seabirds
    • 1.1 Seabirds
      • 1.1.1 Seabird ecology
    • 1.2 Why survey and monitor seabirds?
    • 1.3 Seabird-driven ecosystems
      • 1.3.1 Seabirds and nearshore ecosystems
      • 1.3.1 Case study - Palmyra Atoll, Northern Line Islands (US)
    • 1.4 Seabirds of Oceania
      • 1.4.1 Species status in Oceania
      • 1.4.2 Additional species found in Oceania
      • 1.4.3 Terrestrial habitats - Breeding and roosting locations
    • Seabirds of Palau
      • Identifying Palau's seabirds
      • Palau's seabird colonies
    • 1.5 Traditional knowledge and customs
    • 1.6 Threats
      • 1.6.1 Terrestrial
      • 1.6.2 Marine
    • 1.7 Key steps in developing a survey and monitoring programme
    • 1.8 Working with Oceania communities
      • 1.8 Case study - Rapa, seabird restoration and the community
      • 1.8.1 Training and capacity-building
      • 1.8.1 Case study - Community engagement in Vanuatu Petrel research
  • Part 2: Survey tools & types
    • 2.1 Survey tools
      • 2.1.1 Historical data
      • 2.1.1 Case study - A species lost, rediscovered, or waiting rediscovery?
      • 2.1.2 Community surveys
      • 2.1.3 Acoustic surveys
      • 2.1.4 Acoustic sensors
      • 2.1.4 Case study - Conservation challenges of monitoring seabird collisions with human infrastructure
      • 2.1.5 Playback
      • 2.1.6 Camera monitoring
      • 2.1.7 Thermal imaging
      • 2.1.8 Radar
      • 2.1.9 Ground counts
      • 2.1.10 Dog searches
      • 2.1.11 Capture methods
      • 2.1.12 Bird-borne tracking
      • 2.1.12 Case study - Use of VHF telemetry to discover breeding sites of New Zealand Storm petrel
      • 2.1.12 Case study - Using tracking technology to locate endangered ‘ua’u (Hawaiian Petrel) burrows
      • 2.1.12 Case study - Gaining invaluable insights into the foraging behavior through tracking
      • 2.1.12 Case study - Migration and non-breeding habitat of Beck’s Petrel (PTT)
      • 2.1.12 Case study - Monitoring surface-nesting behaviour of Kermadec Petrels
    • 2.2 Survey types
      • 2.2.1 Rapid assessment / reconnaissance
      • 2.2.2 Threat assessment
      • 2.2.3 Vegetation communities
      • 2.2.4 Colony surveying
      • 2.2.4 Case study - Tītī / Cook’s petrel, Hauturu, Aotearoa New Zealand
      • 2.2.4 Case study - Rako / Buller’s Shearwater, Poor Knights Islands, Aotearoa New Zealand
      • 2.2.5 Whole-island biodiversity surveying
      • 2.2.6 eDNA surveying
      • 2.2.7 Drone surveying
      • 2.2.8 Shore-based sea-watches
      • 2.2.8 Case study - Beck’s Petrel, Silur Bay, southern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
      • 2.2.9 At-sea surveys
      • 2.2.10 Aerial at-sea surveys
      • 2.2.10 Case study - Who lives in the open sea?
      • 2.2.11 Shoreline and opportunistic surveying
      • 2.2.12 Finding breeding sites
  • Part 3: Measurement metrics & monitoring
    • 3.1 Nest monitoring
    • 3.2 Handling birds
      • 3.2.1 Reasons for handling birds
    • 3.3 Sampling from seabirds
    • 3.4 Determining breeding status
    • 3.5 Mark-recapture studies
    • 3.6 Reproductive success
    • 3.7 Diet studies
    • 3.8 Monitoring stress
    • 3.9 Measuring plastics accumulation
    • 3.10 Contaminants in seabirds
    • 3.11 Seabird-transported nutrient monitoring
    • 3.11 Case study - The effectiveness of predator control
    • 3.12 Monitoring cyclone impacts
    • 3.13 Monitoring pest control measures
  • Part 4: Managing data to support conservation
    • 4.1 Guidelines for data management
      • 4.1.1 Managing your own data
      • 4.1.2 Survey databases
    • 4.2 Pacific seabird colony database
    • 4.3 Better marine conservation
    • 4.4 Seabird restoration projects summary
      • 4.4.1 Passive restoration
      • 4.4.2 Active restoration
      • 4.4.3 Seabird restoration database
  • Part 5: Resources
    • 5.1 Using this manual
    • 5.2 Pacific Seabird Advisory Group
    • 5.3 Seabird identification keys
    • 5.4 Bird banding schemes
      • 5.4.1 National bird banding schemes
    • 5.5 Important resources
  • Palau workshop resources
  • Acknowledgements
    • References
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5.4.1 National bird banding schemes

The following are national banding schemes for Pacific rim or territorial countries:

New Zealand National Bird Banding Scheme (NZNBBS), Department of Conservation 

Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL), United States Geological Survey 

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme (ABBBS)

Museum National D’Histoire Naturelle, France 

Yamashina Institute for Ornithology Japan

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