European Union for Bird Ringing

European Union for Bird Ringing
AbbreviationEURING
Formation1963; 61 years ago (1963)
PurposeCo-ordination of bird ringing in Europe
Region served
Europe
Websiteeuring.org

The European Union for Bird Ringing (EURING) is the co-ordinating organisation for European bird ringing schemes.

Ringed Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus at the Tuileries in Paris on March 1, 2018. The ring number is CZP ET06049, where CZP is the EURING scheme code of the Czech Republic Prague ringing scheme, and ET06049 the unique number assigned by that scheme. The EURING species code for Black-headed gull is 05820.