SAFRING results

Spotted Thrush Zoothera guttata

1. Numbers ringed with SAFRING rings, 1948-2002

• Total ringed: 77
• First ringed: 1964/65 ringing year
• Trapping method: Mistnets, nestlings, Rehabilitatees

Number of Spotted Thrushes ringed per year with SAFRING rings

Note that a total of 2 (average 0.5 per year) were ringed in the period 1970-73; the individual year totals are not known.

2. Computerised records, 1975-2002

• Number of records: 68
• Ring sizes used: 5 with 3 mm, 4 with 3.5 mm, 58 with 4.3 mm, 1 with 5.25 mm rings
• Recommended ring size: 3.5 mm Aluminium Alloy
• Top ringers: 11 ringers; top 7 ringers: Prof DP Cyrus (47), Dr J Cooper (6), Mr R Boon (3), CROW (2), Mr M & T Roberts (2), Mr B Taylor (2), Mr D Forbes (2)
• Bird age distribution: Unknown (3), Nestling (23), Immature (3), Adult (36), 0-6 months (1), 1-2 years (2)
• Bird sex distribution: Unknown (63), Male (1), Possibly male (2), Possibly female (2)
• Markings: Metal only (33), Metal plus colour rings (35)
• Condition: Good (65), Rehabilitated (3)
• Birds ringed per region:

  Locality	n
  KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	61
  Eastern Cape, South Africa	5
  Malawi	2

Map of localities where Spotted Thrushes have been ringed, 1975-2002

3. Biometrics and moult for Spotted Thrushes

Mass data (g)

Age	n	Min	Mean	Max
Adult	25	62	68.5	79

Wing length (mm)

Age	n	Min	Mean	Max
Adult	2	115	119	123

Biometric data of museum specimens is given in Harebottle et al. (1997).

Moult data

No active primary moult data.

4. Recovery history (SAFRING's database)

None.

5. Ringing references

Harebottle, DM, Taylor, PA & Berruti, A. 1997. The subspecies status of the Spotted Ground Thrush Zoothera guttata guttata (Aves: Turdidae) in South Africa - a multivariate analysis. Durban Musuem Novitates 22: 32-36.

6. Research

None.