Bird & Wildlife Identification
BW-24
Penguin Flipper Bands
This product is intended for principal investigators running penguin population, long-term resighting and breeding studies.
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Product overview
What this product covers
This product is intended for principal investigators running penguin population, long-term resighting and breeding studies. A flipper band supports distant individual resighting, but the method must pass the programme's animal-welfare and ethics review with alternatives considered. The research authority approves species, flipper profile, closure and justification before number, colour and tool. Identification bands shaped for penguin flippers and produced to released project data. Penguin flipper bands require species- and protocol-specific contours, edge finishing, closure and code placement. Production follows approved drawings or samples rather than a generic ring size. The band follows a flipper profile and dedicated closure instead of a circular leg-ring geometry. Made only for authorised programmes that have completed animal-welfare review. Published long-term evidence found lower survival and breeding success in banded penguins, so the research authority must justify the method and consider alternatives. This page presents one standard model, BW-24-METAL, in Corrosion-resistant stainless steel. Dimensions, processes and acceptance notes on this page refer to this representative construction.
Applications
- Penguin colony studies
- Individual resighting
- Long-term population projects
Buyers and teams
- principal investigators running penguin population, long-term resighting and breeding studies
Materials
- Corrosion-resistant stainless steel
Marking
- Deep engraved number
- Project code
- Colour contrast where specified
Installation
- Dedicated project tool or closure method
- Protocol-controlled placement
Specifications
| Field | Documented value |
|---|---|
| Profile | Approved flipper-band geometry |
| Closure | controlled by the released project data |
| Edge condition | Rounded and inspection-controlled |
| Code | Visible individual identifier |
| Weight | Confirmed from final construction |
Recommended project inputs
- Penguin Flipper Bands; research permit and ethics approval, species and subject range, approved drawing, closure, numbers and colours, tool and packing.
- State the identified object, material/surface, available space, orientation, holes/ties/adhesive/matched tool and provide a site photo where possible.
- Provide length, width/diameter, thickness, corners/edges, holes/slots, fit tolerances and any keep-clear or no-adhesive zones.
- Supply final text, units, graphics, colour, language, serial/barcode/RFID rule, human-readable data and one approved revision; numbers shown in sample images are never treated as production data.
- State temperature and dwell, indoor/outdoor use, UV, water, oil, cleaner/chemical, abrasion, vibration, read conditions or other real exposure together with test method and pass/fail criterion.
- Provide prototype and production quantity, start/end and permitted-gap rules, grouping, packing sequence, batch documents and target delivery.
- Where regulation, certification, permit, ethics, brand authorisation or customer specification applies, provide the applicable revision and owner-approved file; a product name or image cannot replace it.
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Include product code BW-24 with the project inputs that apply.