European Longevity Records - 2017-04-05 The table below lists longevity records recorded through European bird ringing. The two oldest individuals of a species are included in the list and the minimum age for a recovery to be included is five years. Recoveries of birds in the list where ring number and details are not included are published in atlases by those schemes. Birds ringed as full-grown or adults have been included with a minimum age based on age at ringing (start of year set to 1st of July). This longevity list should be cited as: Fransson, T., Jansson, L., Kolehmainen, T., Kroon, C. & Wenninger, T. (2017) EURING list of longevity records for European birds Species / Scientific name Scheme Ring No. Age Finding details Red-throated Diver Sweden D 1928 23y 7m Found dead (oiled) Gavia stellata Britain & Ireland 1121168 22y 11m Controlled by ringer (nesting) Black-throated Diver Germany B 34256 27y 10m Shot Gavia arctica Sweden 9800723 16y 1m Found dead Little Grebe Switzerland 929838 17y 6m Controlled by ringer Tachybaptus ruficollis Czech Republic E 152888 7y 5m Found dead Great Crested Grebe Russia C 111277 19y 3m Shot Podiceps cristatus Switzerland Z 7858 14y 6m Found dead Slavonian Grebe Iceland 339160 9y 0m Controlled by ringer Podiceps auritus Iceland V 4646 7y 0m Found dead Black-necked Grebe Czech Republic D 43196 13y 1m Shot Podiceps nigricollis Spain 6018657 7y 2m Killed by other species of bird Cory´s Shearwater Portugal L 000366 24y 10m Found dead Calonectris diomedea Portugal L 5544 21y 0m Found dead Manx Shearwater Britain & Ireland AT 14414 50y 11m Controlled by ringer Puffinus puffinus Britain & Ireland AT 46622 49y 8m Controlled by ringer Balearic Shearwater Spain 5005377 12y 1m Controlled by ringer Puffinus mauretanicus Fulmar Britain & Ireland 352227 43y 11m Id. by other marks in the field Fulmarus glacialis Iceland 426129 40y 11m Id. by other marks in the field European Storm Petrel Britain & Ireland 649064 33y 0m Controlled by ringer Hydrobates pelagicus Iceland 931578 21y 0m Controlled by ringer Leach´s Storm Petrel Britain & Ireland BX 04521 30y 11m Controlled by ringer Oceanodroma leucorhoa Britain & Ireland BB 84094 22y 10m Controlled by ringer Gannet Britain & Ireland 1010527 37y 5m Found dead Morus bassanus Iceland 111826 32y 9m Found dead Cormorant Iceland 623 32y 1m Found dead Phalacrocorax carbo Denmark 298375 27y 2m Ring number read in the field European Shag Britain & Ireland 102115 30y 7m Shot Phalacrocorax aristotelis Iceland 18820 20y 2m Shot Bittern Netherlands 302703 11y 4m Found dead Botaurus stellaris Sweden 9104864 9y 4m Shot Little Bittern Hungary 426796 7y 10m Found injured (released?) Ixobrychus minutus Hungary 425766 6y 11m Controlled by ringer Black-crowned Night Heron Spain SE 19959 17y 0m Shot Nycticorax nycticorax France DA 2894 16y 4m Found dead Squacco Heron Hungary 844 5y 10m Shot Ardeola ralloides Cattle Egret Spain E 10374 18y 5m Shot Bubulcus ibis Little Egret France CD 2346 22y 4m Shot Egretta garzetta Spain H 13140 20y 11m Shot Great Egret Hungary 516353 13y 9m Found dead (electrocuted) Egretta alba Hungary 1830398 7y 1m Found dead (botulism) Grey Heron Denmark 292796 37y 6m Found dead Ardea cinerea Netherlands 73617 35y 1m Shot Purple Heron Germany B 1495 25y 5m Found dead Ardea purpurea Hungary 298 15y 11m Hunted White Stork Switzerland S 127 39y 0m Found dead Ciconia ciconia France B 3115 34y 10m Found dead Black Stork Poland A 995853 18y 7m Shot Ciconia nigra Hungary 601238 15y 2m Ring number read in the field Glossy Ibis Hungary 27530 9y 1m Shot Plegadis falcinellus Hungary 45055 5y 0m Shot Greater Flamingo France FA 5233 27y 6m Ring number read in the field Phoenocopterus ruber Mute Swan Britain & Ireland Z 40808 28y 10m Found dead Cygnus olor Germany 111617 28y 7m Ring number read in the field Bewick`s Swan Britain & Ireland Z 20874 23y 7m Ring number read in the field Cygnus columbianus Whooper Swan Iceland A 2269 26y 8m Id. by other marks in the field Cygnus cygnus Denmark A 5632 26y 6m Controlled by ringer Bean Goose Germany 210151 25y 7m Found dead Anser fabalis Finland M-20282 19y 7m Id. by other marks in the field Pink-footed Goose Britain & Ireland 1007952 40y 11m Found dead Anser brachyrhynchus Iceland 211118 23y 6m Found dead White-fronted Goose Netherlands 8008491 25y 3m Shot Anser albifrons Britain & Ireland 1193309 19y 2m Shot Lesser White-fronted Goose Sweden 9127696 14y 9m Ring number read in the field Anser erythropus Sweden 9153928 14y 0m Ring number read in the field Greylag Goose Sweden 9230822 25y 9m Ring number read in the field Anser anser Sweden 9232945 25y 9m Found dead Canada Goose Britain & Ireland 5067777 27y 5m Ring number read in the field Branta canadensis Britain & Ireland 5084137 27y 5m Found dead Barnacle Goose Britain & Ireland 1061347 28y 2m Found dead Branta leucopsis Sweden 9179455 25y 11m Id. by other marks in the field Brent Goose Britain & Ireland GP 86044 28y 10m Shot Branta bernicla Iceland 18117 11y 0m Shot Shelduck Britain & Ireland GM 96505 24y 9m Found dead Tadorna tadorna Sweden 90A00877 17y 9m Ring number read in the field Wigeon Britain & Ireland AT 71365 35y 2m Shot Anas penelope Denmark 14y 10m Gadwall Britain & Ireland AT 83971 22y 4m Shot Anas strepera Czech Republic D 61605 9y 7m Shot Teal Norway 21y 6m Anas crecca France ED 1418 21y 3m Shot Mallard Sweden TA 5685 23y 3m Shot Anas platyrhynchos Sweden 9048436 21y 9m Shot Pintail Netherlands 5009767 27y 5m Shot Anas acuta Denmark 20y 5m Garganey Denmark 14y 8m Anas querquedula Britain & Ireland EC 74458 14y 7m Shot Shoveler Russia E 47327 20y 4m Anas clypeata Britain & Ireland 935572 14y 9m Shot Red-crested Pochard Netherlands 5286404 12y 11m Controlled by ringer Netta rufina Netherlands 5285746 12y 1m Controlled by ringer Pochard Britain & Ireland GK 61258 23y 2m Shot Aythya ferina Switzerland Z 49899 19y 5m Shot Ferruginous duck Switzerland Z 5097 9y 0m Killed by man Aythya nyroca Tufted Duck Denmark 444967 45y 3m Shot Aythya fuligula Britain & Ireland FR 39497 22y 2m Shot Scaup Switzerland Z 21429 15y 3m Accidentally trapped (e.g. fishnet) Aythya marila Finland 47205 14y 0m Shot Eider Britain & Ireland 942932 36y 10m Found dead Somateria mollissima Finland DT-7456 28y 8m Found dead (oiled) Steller's Eider Norway 497169 12y 9m Ring number read in the field Polysticta stelleri Harlequin Duck Iceland 337968 7y 7m Ring number read from a photo Histrionicus histrionicus Iceland 323757 7y 0m Id. by other marks in the field Long-tailed Duck Finland HT-34970 22y 8m Shot Clangula hyemalis Britain & Ireland SS 68635 21y 3m Shot Common Scoter Iceland 328 16y 0m Found dead Melanitta nigra Britain & Ireland GM 79351 8y 2m Shot Velvet Scoter Finland H-57155 21y 5m Shot Melanitta fusca Sweden 9118882 19y 4m Accidentally trapped (e.g. fishnet) Barrow´s Goldeneye Iceland 228026 15y 11m Found dead Bucephala islandica Goldeneye Sweden 90A00321 20y 11m Shot Bucephala clangula Russia D 18692 16y 11m Smew Netherlands 5241039 10y 0m Killed by animal Mergus albellus Red-breasted Merganser Sweden W 107522 21y 4m Shot Mergus serrator Denmark 14y 2m Goosander Switzerland Z 55000 14y 10m Shot Mergus merganser Sweden 9120182 14y 2m Shot Honey Buzzard Germany C 52627 29y 0m Found dead Pernis apivorus Sweden TA 8826 27y 11m Found dead Black Kite Switzerland 829312 23y 10m Found dead (wires) Milvus migrans Poland C 25955 5y 9m Killed by man Red Kite Germany D 26437 25y 8m Killed by man Milvus milvus Britain & Ireland HW 83376 20y 1m Found dead White-tailed Eagle Sweden H 8034 33y 5m Found dead Haliaeetus albicilla Sweden H 8028 32y 7m Found dead Egyptian Vulture Spain G 09545 17y 4m Found dead (electrocuted) Neophron percnopterus Griffon Vulture Croatia UA 0035 17y 2m Controlled by ringer Gyps fulvus Spain AB 1860 9y 11m Found dead Marsh Harrier Germany D 16220 20y 1m Found dead Circus aeruginosus Czech Republic D 22845 18y 3m Found dead Hen Harrier Netherlands 3273552 17y 1m Found dead (road casualty) Circus cyaneus Britain & Ireland FS 95528 15y 9m Found dead Montagu`s Harrier Germany D 178 16y 1m Found dead Circus pygargus Hungary 401215 13y 10m Found dead (road casualty) Pallid Harrier France FA 9410 13y 5m Circus macrourus Goshawk Sweden 9130178 22y 0m Found dead Accipiter gentilis Sweden 9130457 18y 9m Found dead Sparrowhawk Denmark 588073 20y 3m Found dead Accipiter nisus Sweden 6126676 19y 11m Found dead (window) Buzzard Denmark 313963 28y 9m Found dead Buteo buteo Denmark 3011454 26y 10m Found dead Rough-legged Buzzard Sweden 9208506 18y 9m Found dead (wires) Buteo lagopus Finland D-54910 17y 8m Found dead Lesser Spotted Eagle Hungary 603164 7y 0m Controlled by ringer Aquila pomarina Imperial Eagle Croatia D 113756 25y 11m Found dead Aquila heliaca Czech Republic L 1196 10y 0m Ring number read in the field Golden Eagle Sweden H 2043 32y 0m Found dead Aquila chrysaetos Sweden H 3598 31y 0m Found dead Osprey Finland M-17858 26y 11m Found dead Pandion haliaetus Finland M-237 26y 1m Found sick Lesser Kestrel Spain 4019231 10y 11m Controlled by ringer Falco naumanni Kestrel Germany GN 4735 20y 5m Found sick Falco tinnunculus Denmark 520379 16y 5m Found dead Red-footed Falcon France GT 9477 13y 3m Falco vespertinus Merlin Britain & Ireland EB 28714 12y 8m Found dead Falco columbarius Finland B-32204 10y 8m Found dead Hobby Germany 5103443 14y 1m Found dead (botulism) Falco subbuteo Britain & Ireland EK 04489 12y 1m Found dead Eleonora´s Falcon Germany 5265733 11y 2m Shot Falco eleonorae Saker Hungary 517363 15y 11m Controlled by ringer Falco cherrug Hungary 510868 12y 3m Found