Bird banding

Report a banded bird, apply for a permit, request data, resources for banders and researchers.

Note: Bird handling during the COVID-19 pandemic

Most requested

General information about bird banding. Canadian Atlas of Bird Banding.

Information required, certificate of appreciation, banded pigeons.

Types of permits, application requirements, permits outside Canada, order bird bands, submit banding data.

Instructions for permit holders, Code of Ethics, training materials, reference materials, band sizes, Pan American Shorebird Program.

Data request form, North American bird banding database.