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Species Numbers, Common Names, Alpha Codes and Recommended Band Sizes
AOUs 801.0 - 881.0

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SPECIES COMMON NAME ALPHA CODE BAND SIZE
801.0 Crested Honeycreeper CRHO 1A
802.0 Apapane APAP 1B
804.0 Po' ouli POUL 1A
804.1 Orange Bishop ORBI 0A
804.2 Golden Bishop GOBI 0A
805.0 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu RCCO 1
806.0 Lavender Waxbill LAVW 0 1
807.0 Orange-cheeked Waxbill ORAW 0 1
808.0 Black-rumped Waxbill BRWX 0 1
808.1 Common Waxbill COMW 0A 0
809.0 Red Avadavat REAV 0 1
810.0 Warbling Silverbill WASI 01
810.1 Bronze Manakin BRMA 0A
811.0 Nutmeg Manakin NUMA 0A
812.0 Chestnut Manakin CHMA 0 1
813.0 Java Sparrow JASP 1A 1B
813.1 Pin-tailed Whydah PTWH 1B 1A
850.1 King Penguin KIPE Flipper Tag
850.2 Emperor Penguin EMPE Flipper Tag
850.3 Gentoo Penguin GEPE Flipper Tag
850.4 Adelie Penguin ADPE Flipper Tag
850.5 Chinstrap Penguin CHPE Flipper Tag
850.6 Victoria Penguin VIPE Flipper Tag
850.8 Rockhopper Penguin ROCP Flipper Tag
850.9 Royal Penguin ROYP Flipper Tag
851.0 Macaroni Penguin MACP Flipper Tag
851.2 Fairy Penguin FAPE Flipper Tag
851.4 African Penguin AFPE Flipper Tag
851.5 Humboldt Penguin HUPE Flipper Tag
851.6 Magellanic Penguin MAGP Flipper Tag
851.7 Galapagos Penguin GALP Flipper Tag
851.9 Royal Albatross ROAL 8
852.1 Buller's Albatross BUAL 8
852.2 Gray-headed Albatross GHAL 8
852.3 Sooty Albatross SOAL 8
852.4 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross LMSA 8
852.5 Southern Giant Petrel SGPE 8
852.6 Southern Fulmar SOFU 5
852.7 Blue Petrel BLPE 3
852.8 Broad-billed Prion BBPR 3
852.9 Dove Prion DOPR 3
853.0 Thin-billed Prion TBPR 3
853.1 Fairy Prion FAPR 3
853.2 Antarctic Petrel ANPE 5
853.3 White-chinned Petrel WCPE 5
853.6 Kerguelen Petrel KEPE 4
853.7 Snow Petrel SNPE 4
853.8 Gray-backed Storm-Petrel GBSP 1A
854.1 Blue-eyed Cormorant BECO 8
854.3 Snowy Sheathbill SNSH 7A
854.4 Lesser Sheathbill LESH 7A
854.6 Southern Black-backed Gull SBBG 7B
854.8 Antarctic Tern ANTE 3
854.9 Kerguelen Tern KETE 3
855.2 Hybrid Skua HYSK 7A 7B
855.3 Northern Giant Petrel NGPE 8
855.4 Brown Skua BRSK 7A 7B
856.0 Tinian Monarch TIMO 1
857.0 Mariana Crow MARC 4A
858.0 Guam Swiftlet GUSW 0A X
859.0 Nightingale Reed-Warbler NIRW 1A
860.0 Micronesian Megapode MIME 5
861.0 White-rumped Swiftlet WRSW 0-1
862.0 Purple-collared Fruit-Dove PCFD 4
863.0 Collared Kingfisher COLK 2
864.0 Samoan Starling SAST 4-3A
865.0 Polynesian Starling POST 2
866.0 Cardinal Honeyeater CAHO 1
867.0 Wattled Honeyeater WAHO 2
868.0 Micronesian Honeyeater MIHO (m)
869.0 Rufous Fantail RUFA 0
870.0 Bridled White-eye BRWE 0
871.0 Golden White-eye GOWE 0
872.0 Micronesian Starling MIST (m)
874.0 Black Drongo BLDR (m)
875.0 Long-tailed Cuckoo LTCU (m)
876.0 Many-colored Fruit Dove MCFD (m)
877.0 Pacific Pigeon PAPI (m)
878.0 Shy Ground-Dove SHGD (m)

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Footnote:

(m) Band size yet to be determined by researchers.