De Zweed Roland Staav houdt al vele jaren lang een lijst bij van de hoogste leeftijd van vogels, geconstateerd aan de hand van ringgegevens binnen Europa. Onderstaande is een verkorte vorm van de laatst gepubliceerde lijsten.

Roland Staav, from the Stockholm Ringing scheme, has been collecting longevity data for many years. The list presented here (with his permission, thank you Roland) is a shortened one from both his publications.

  • Staav R. 1998. Longevity list of birds ringed in Europe. EURING News Letter 2.
  • Staav R. 2001. Complementary longevity list of birds ringed in Europe. EURING News letter 3.<
  • Staav R. 2008. European Longevity Records. EURING Website.

If you have complementary additions to the list below, please send an e-mail to Swedish Bird Ringing Centre. (Misschien geen slecht idee om het Vogeltrekstation ook te mailen)

The order in which the birdnames are presented here is rather old-fashionend: Voous.

 

Gavia stellata 23 year, 7 month Gothenburg  D.1928
Gavia arctica 27 year, 10 month Radolfzell  B.34256
Tachybaptus ruficollis 13 year, 6 month Sempach  929838
Podiceps cristatus 14 year, 6 month Arnhem  7035018
Podiceps auritus 7 year, 0 month Reykjavik  V.4646
Fulmarus glacialis 43 year, 10 month London  352227
Puffinus puffinus 37 year, 8 month London  AT.14414
Hydrobates pelagicus 33 year, 9 month London  649064
Oceanodroma leucorhoa 22 year, 10 month London  BB.84094
Sula bassana 37 year, 5 month London  1010527
Phalacracorax carbo 23 year, 6 month London  M.5650
Phalacrocorax aristotelis 20 year, 3 month Reykjavik  18820
Botauris stellaris 11 year, 3 month Arnhem  302703
Ixobrychus minutes 6 year, 0 month Sempach  934781
Nycticorax nycticorax 16 year, 4 month Paris  DA.2894
Bubulcus ibis 18 year, 5 month Madrid  E.10374
Egretta garzetta 22 year, 4 month Paris  CD.2346
Ardea cinera 35 year, 1 month Leiden  73617
Ardea purpurea 25 year, 5 month Radolfzell  B.1495   *
Ciconia nigra 18 year, 7 month Gdansk  A.995853
Ciconia ciconia 39 year, 0 month Sempach  S.127
Platalea leucorodia 24 year, 8 month Arnhem  8028564   *
Phoenocopterus ruber 27 year, 6 month Paris  FA.5233
Cygnus olor 28 year, 7 month Helgoland  111617
Cygnus columbianus 24 year, 1 month London  Z.31712
Cygnus cygnus 26 year, 6 month Copenhagen  A.5632
Anser fabalis 22 year, 4 month Arnhem  8501690   *
Anser brachyrhynchus 39 year, 9 month London  1007752
Anser albifrons 25 year, 3 month Leiden  8008491
Anser anser 23 year, 7 month Brussel  0439   *
Branta canadensis 23 year, 4 month Stockholm  9803465
Branta leucopsis 24 year, 0 month Stockholm  9116305
Branta bernicla 19 year, 5 month London  GP.86154
Tadorna tadorna 18 year, 11 month London  GP.44864
Anas penelope 34 year, 2 month London  AT.71365
Anas strepera 22 year, 4 month London  AT.83971
Anas crecca 27 year, 1 month London  915330
Anas platyrhynchos 21 year, 3 month London  GM.66939
Anas acuta 27 year, 5 month Leiden  5009767
Anas querquedula 14 year, 6 month London  EC.74458
Anas clypeata 20 year, 4 month Moskow  E.47327
Aythya ferina 22 year, 3 month London  GH.30864
Aythya fuligula 20 year, 4 month Sempach  Z.8377
Aythya marila 14 year, 0 month Helsinki  47205
Somateria mollissima 37 year, 10 month London  942932
Clangula hyemalis 21 year, 2 month London  SS.68635
Melanitta nigra 16 year, 9 month Reykjavik  328
Melanitta fusca 21 year, 5 month Helsinki  H.57155
Bucephala clangula 16 year, 11 month Moskow  18692
Mergus albellus 10 year, 0 month Arnhem  5241039
Mergus serrator 21 year, 3 month Stockholm  W.107522
Mergus merganser 13 year, 11 month Stockholm  9119460
Pernis apivorus 29 year, 0 month Radolfzell  C.52627
Milvus migrans 23 year, 10 month Sempach  829312
Milvus milvus 25 year, 8 month Radolfzell  D.26437
Haliaeetus albicilla 25 year, 2 month Helsinki  E.3948
Gyps fulvus 9 year, 11 month Madrid  AB.1860
Circus aeruginosus 20 year, 1 month Radolfzell  D.16220
Circus cyaneus 17 year, 1 month Arnhem  3273552
Circus macrourus 13 year, 5 month Paris  FA.9410
Circus pygargus 16 year, 1 month Radolfzell  D.178
Accipiter gentilis 19 year, 9 month Helgoland  3065454
Accipiter nisus 20 year, 3 month Copenhagen  588073   *
Buteo buteo 28 year, 9 month Copenhagen  313963
Buteo rufinus 8 year, 6 month Tel Aviv  B.147357
Buteo lagopus 18 year, 9 month Stockholm  9208506
Aquila chrysaetos 32 year, 0 month Stockholm  H.2043
Pandion haliaetus 26 year, 1 month Helsinki  M.237
Falco tinnunculus 23 year, 10 month London  3105785
Falco vespertinus 13 year, 3 month Paris  GT.9477
Falco columbarius 12 year, 8 month London  EB.28714
Falco subbuteo 11 year, 11 month London  EK.04489
Falco eleonora 11 year, 2 month Helgoland  5265733
Falco rusticolus 12 year, 11 month Reykjavik  15567
Falco peregrinus 17 year, 4 month Stockholm  9002638
Bonasa bonasia 7 year, 3 month Swedish Jagareforbundet  16504
Lagopus lagopus 8 year, 7 month Helsinki  H.127524
Tetrao tetrix 12 year, 3 month Helsinki  D.84897
Tetrao urogallus 9 year, 4 month Swedish Jagareforbundet  36825
Coturnix coturnix 11 year, 0 month London  2454
Rallus aquaticus 8 year, 10 month London  DA.56290
Gallinula chloropus 18 year, 7 month Copenhagen  403675
Fulica atra 20 year, 7 month Copenhagen  316210
Grus grus 17 year, 3 month Helsinki  M.2479
Haematopus ostralegus 43 year, 4 month Helgoland  5022926
Himantopus himantopus 6 year, 7 month Madrid  Y.4623
Recurvirostra avocetta 24 year, 5 month Copenhagen  531569   *
Burhinus oedicnemus 17 year, 10 month London  ED.41923
Charadrius hiaticula 19 year, 11 month London  NB.38376
Charadrius alexandrinus 18 year, 0 month Stockholm  3247244
Charadrius dubius 12 year, 11 month Helsinki  KT.453
Charadrius morinellus 10 year, 11 month London  XR.45242
Pluvialis apricaria 12 year, 9 month Leiden  364033
Pluvialis squatarola 23 year, 6 month London  DS.28889
Vanellus spinosus 17 year, 0 month Tel Aviv  EE.1893
Vanellus vanellus 23 year, 7 month Copenhagen  690909
Calidris canutus 25 year, 1 month London  CK.68568
Calidris alba 18 year, 6 month London  BB.52147
Calidris minuta 12 year, 0 month Paris  1061363
Calidris temminckii 9 year, 11 month Helsinki  J.811878
Calidris ferruginea 17 year, 0 month Arnhem  H.129034
Calidris maritima 20 year, 8 month Helsinki  AT.14853
Calidris alpina 28 year, 10 month Copenhagen  807017
Limicola falcinellus 6 year, 10 month Stockholm  3386241
Philomachus pugnax 13 year, 11 month Helsinki  AT.8167
Lymnocryptes minimus 12 year, 4 month Hiddensee  7170838
Gallinago gallinago 18 year, 3 month London  CH.86465
Scolopax rusticola 15 year, 6 month London  R.4516
Limosa limosa 18 year, 9 month Arnhem  3208793   *
Limosa lapponica 31 year, 4 month London  DS.28165
Numenius phaeopus 16 year, 1 month London  EH.49697
Numenius arquata 31 year, 6 month Gothenburg  D.1266
Tringa erythropus 8 year, 7 month Helsinki  B.70005
Tringa totanus 20 year, 4 month London  DR.10814   *
Tringa stagnatilis 7 year, 1 month Paris  GA.84137
Tringa nebularia 24 year, 5 month Arnhem  2040963
Tringa ochropus 11 year, 6 month London  CR.63312   *
Tringa glareola 11 year, 7 month Stockholm  4035425
Xenus cinerus 13 year, 11 month Helsinki  A.355038
Actitis hypoleucos 14 year, 6 month Stockholm  3189307
Arenaria interpres 19 year, 8 month Helsinki  A.13503
Stercorarius parasiticus 25 year, 10 month London  EC.43407
Catharacta skua 28 year, 10 month London  HW.02100
Larus minutus 20 year, 10 month Helsinki  AT.35319
Larus ridibundus 30 year, 7 month Helsinki  S.049023
Larus genei 31 year, 8 month Moskow  E.462619
Larus audouinii 9 year, 10 month Icona  6007691
Larus canus 31 year, 8 month Moskow  E.462619   *
Larus fuscus 32 year, 9 month London  GM.02212
Larus argentatus 32 year, 1 month Helsinki  71386   *
Larus hyperboreus 18 year, 8 month Reykjavik  214599
Larus marinus 26 year, 1 month Helsinki  D.24294
Rissa tridactyla 28 year, 5 month London  EC.26662
Sterna nilotica 12 year, 10 month Helgoland  6308865
Sterna caspia 30 year, 0 month Stockholm  U.22698
Sterna sandvicensis 30 year, 9 month London  DS.61571
Sterna dougallii 21 year, 0 month London  CK.73170
Sterna hirundo 33 year, 0 month London  CK.39045
Sterna paradisaea 30 year, 11 month Helgoland  7491927
Sterna albifrons 23 year, 11 month Helgoland  80303320
Chlidonias niger 21 year, 0 month Copenhagen  8045639
Uria aalge 32 year, 1 month Helgoland  337223
Uria lomvia 20 year, 5 month Stavanger  449130
Alca torda 29 year, 5 month London  M.2388
Cepphus grylle 26 year, 0 month Helsinki  ST.26032
Fratercula arctica 33 year, 10 month Reykjavik  419571
Columba oenas 12 year, 7 month Sempach  930722
Columba palumbus 15 year, 10 month London  339579
Sterptopelia decaocto 17 year, 9 month London  ED.04205
Sterptopelia turtur 13 year, 2 month Leiden  167353
Cuculus canorus 12 year, 11 month Helgoland  6023421
Tyto alba 17 year, 11 month Leiden  102460
Otus scops 6 year, 9 month Tel Aviv  EE.2878
Bubo bubo 24 year, 9 month Stockholm  9300365
Surnia ulula 8 year, 3 month Stockholm  9038484
Glaucidium passerinum 6 year, 0 month Hiddensee  TA.1347
Strix aluco 21 year, 6 month London  AJ.95106
Strix uralensis 23 year, 10 month Helsinki  D.47397
Strix nebulosa 15 year, 10 month Stockholm  9209567
Asia otus 17 year, 2 month Helsinki  H.7998   *
Asio flammeus 20 year, 9 month Helgoland  3066160
Aegolius funereus 15 year, 0 month Helsinki  C.99518
Caprimulgus europaeus 11 year, 11 month London  XJ.86805
Apus apus 21 year, 0 month Sempach  605769
Halcyon smyrnensis 5 year, 6 month Tel Aviv  D.8661
Alcedo atthis 21 year, 0 month Brussel  N.18630
Ceryle rudis 3 year, 11 month Tel Aviv  F.160
Coracias garrulus 9 year, 2 month Warsaw  E.30905
Jynx torquilla 6 year, 2 month Helsinki  P.245673
Picus canus 5 year, 5 month Helgoland  5021520
Picus viridis 15 year, 0 month London  DS.73653
Dryocopus martius 14 year, 0 month Helsinki  S.95923
Dendrocopos leucotos 10 year, 11 month Helsinki  A.275614
Dendrocopos major 11 year, 7 month London CV.01295  
Dendrocopos minor 7 year, 3 month Sempach  E.893552
Picoides tridactylus 6 year, 3 month Helsinki  A.275614
Lullula arborea 4 year, 11 month London  VC.1823?
Alauda arvensis 10 year, 1 month London  BA.87519
Riparia riparia 10 year, 0 month Stockholm  AR.45926
Hirundo rustica 9 year, 9 month London  A.292045
Hirundo daurica 9 year, 0 month Tel Aviv  X.85896
Delichon urbica 14 year, 5 month Radolfzell  G.68114
Anthus trivialis 8 year, 2 month Stockholm  2452196
Anthus pratensis 7 year, 8 month Copenhagen  981002
Anthus cervinus 4 year, 6 month Tel Aviv  A.1202
Anthus petrosus 10 year, 11 month Stockholm  AK.74816
Motacilla flava 8 year, 10 month Stockholm  2407355
Motacilla cinera 8 year, 0 month Radolfzell  BO.87112
Motacilla alba 12 year, 3 month London  KN.38306
Pycnonotus xanthopygos 8 year, 9 month Tel Aviv  CC.2979
Bombycilla garrulus 13 year, 5 month Moskow  F.311279
Cinclus cinclus 10 year, 7 month Helsinki  PT.34971
Troglodytes troglodytes 6 year, 11 month London  7P.3202
Prunella modularis 11 year, 8 month London  BW.170
Cercotrichas galactotes 7 year, 0 month Tel Aviv  B.9316
Erithacus rubecula 17 year, 3 month Gdansk  HA.240125
Luscinia luscinia 8 year, 10 month Helgoland  80134942
Luscinia megarhynchos 9 year, 8 month Hiddensee  80573976
Luscinia svecica 8 year, 10 month Stockholm  2625610
Luscinia s. cyanecula 11 year, 5 month Madrid  N0074112
Phoenicurus ochruros 10 year, 1 month Arnhem  S.128312
Phoenicurus phoenicurus 9 year, 5 month Paris  12020
Saxicola rubetra 5 year, 2 month Helsinki  K.50898
Saxicola torquata 8 year, 10 month Helgoland  9X36806
Oenanthe oenanthe 9 year, 7 month London  BJ.89441
Oenanthe hispanica 4 year, 11 month Tel Aviv  B.2337
Turdus torquatus 9 year, 1 month Madrid  3015231
Turdus merula 16 year, 9 month Helgoland  7224339
Turdus pilaris 18 year, 0 month Helsinki  A.44583
Turdus philomelos 17 year, 5 month Copenhagen  8664866
Turdus iliacus 17 year, 4 month Helsinki  P.337619
Turdus viscivorus 12 year, 4 month London  CP.00285
Cettia cetti 7 year, 6 month London  KV.98586
Prinia gracillis 6 year, 5 month Tel Aviv  Z.19140
Locustella luscinoides 7 year, 5 month Icona  58354
Locustella naevica 4 year, 9 month Helsinki  V.365756
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 10 year, 1 month Helsinki  V.637074
Acrocephalus dumetorum 7 year, 9 month Helsinki  J.680164
Acrocephalus palustris 9 year, 1 month Stockholm  AX.18398
Acrocephalus scirpaceus 12 year, 10 month London  B.012030
Acrocephalus stentoreus 10 year, 7 month Tel Aviv  B.23675
Acrocephalus arundinaceus 10 year, 0 month Hiddensee  80532535
Hippolais pallida 7 year, 11 month Tel Aviv  X.25508
Hippolais icterina 10 year, 10 month Helgoland  9G.77549
Hippolais polyglotta 8 year, 10 month Madrid  M.36622
Sylvia melanocephala 7 year, 7 month Bologna  L.942812
Sylvia nisoria 11 year, 11 month Stockholm  2310578
Sylvia curruca 6 year, 10 month Stockholm  1489573
Sylvia communis 8 year, 8 month London  AS.77162
Sylvia borin 14 year, 2 month Helgoland  0393985
Sylvia atricapilla 11 year, 4 month Helgoland  9M.68522
Phylloscopus sibilatrix 10 year, 3 month Helgoland  AL.5318
Phylloscopus collybita 7 year, 8 month London  5R.9768
Phylloscopus trochilus 11 year, 9 month London  9J.1321
Regulus regulus 5 year, 1 month London  1J.2877
Muscicapa striata 11 year, 0 month Helsinki  J.978561
Ficedula albicollis 7 year, 11 month Radolfzell  K.265662
Ficedula hypoleuca 10 year, 11 month Helsinki  J.74662
Panurus biarmicus 6 year, 5 month London  E.296078
Turdoides squamiceps 13 year, 6 month Tel Aviv  CC.10151
Aegithalos caudatus 10 year, 9 month Copenhagen  9398461
Parus palustris 11 year, 11 month Stockholm  AC.18265
Parus montanus 11 year, 4 month London  JE.10783
Parus cinctus 8 year, 11 month Helsinki  J.959031
Parus cristatus 11 year, 7 month Helsinki  J.951734
Parus ater 9 year, 4 month London  KB.35969
Parus caeruleus 14 year, 7 month London  JJ.00360
Parus major 15 year, 5 month Helgoland  9222933
Sitta europaea 12 year, 11 month London  VA.82072
Sitta neumayer 6 year, 0 month Tel Aviv  B.10155
Certhia familiaris 8 year, 1 month London  3B.6601
Certhia brachydactyla 4 year, 8 month Sempach  377457
Remiz pendulinus 6 year, 8 month Stockholm  AC.43445
Nectarina osea 3 year, 11 month Tel Aviv  Z.36034
Lanius collurio 7 year, 9 month Helsinki  P.466455
Lanius excubitor 6 year, 6 month Helgoland  7371132
Lanius senator 5 year, 8 month Helgoland  7367101
Lanius nubicus 4 year, 4 month Tel Aviv  ringnumber unknown
Garrulus glandarius 16 year, 10 month Gothenburg  C.37193
Perisoreus infaustus 17 year, 11 month Helsinki  B.89217
Pica pica 21 year, 8 month London  74564
Nucifraga caryocatactes 16 year, 3 month Stockholm  5096906
Corvus monedula 19 year, 11 month Copenhagen  608653
Corvus frugilegus 20 year, 6 month London  FS.21792
Corvus corone 17 year, 1 month Helsinki  C.259138
Corvus corax 20 year, 5 month Helsinki  D.21783
Sturnus vulgaris 22 year, 11 month Copenhagen  8552412
Passer domesticus 19 year, 9 month Copenhagen  9412172
Passer moabiticus 7 year, 3 month Tel Aviv  A.3945
Passer montanus 13 year, 1 month Paris  417586
Fringilla coelebs 14 year, 0 month Leiden  F.19734
Fringilla montifringilla 14 year, 8 month Stockholm  2197911
Serinus serinus 7 year, 3 month Icona  66617
Serinus syriacus 6 year, 11 month Tel Aviv  X.82646
Carduelis cannabina 9 year, 5 month Paris  1192972
Carduelis chloris 13 year, 0 month London  P.3640
Carduelis spinus 13 year, 6 month Moskow  S.730968
Carduelis carduelis 11 year, 9 month Helgoland  8719527
Carduelis flammea 10 year, 8 month Helsinki  K.370978
Loxia curvirostra 6 year, 10 month Stockholm  YL.2605
Carpodacus erythrinus 8 year, 11 month Helsinki  P.81988
Pyrrhula pyrrhula 12 year, 7 month Helgoland  8983918
Coccothraustes coccothraustes 12 year, 7 month Helgoland  7241335
Plectrophenax nivalis 9 year, 6 month Reykjavik  952718
Emberiza citrinella 13 year, 0 month Helgoland  80438231
Emberiza hortulana 5 year, 10 month Stavanger  E.311117
Emberiza aureola 6 year, 11 month Helsinki  P.105089
Emberiza schoeniclus 11 year, 3 month Arnhem  S.9774
Emberiza melanocephala 10 year, 0 month Tel Aviv  B.71121
Miliaria calandra 9 year, 10 month Madrid  Y.5823

 

Exceeding the maximum age as in Roland Staav's list, already e-mailed to him, waiting for an update.

 

*  Calonectris diomedea 19 year, 11 month Lisboa  L.5544
*  Ardea purpurea 26 year, 9 month Arnhem  8019729
*  Anser fabalis 22 year, 5 month Arnhem  8031217
*  Anser anser 26 year, 6 month Hiddensee  212335
*  Platalea leucorodia 24 year, 8 month Arnhem  8028564
*  Recurvirostra avocetta 27 year, 11 month Arnhem  3047434
*  Tringa totanus 21 year, 0 month Arnhem  .1080016
*  Tringa ochropus 12 year, 4 month Arnhem  H.212760
*  Larus canus 33 year, 6 month Copenhagen  5003247
*  Larus argentatus 34 year, 9 month Arnhem  5020154
*  Limosa limosa 25 year, 17 days Arnhem  3288062
*  Asio otus 17 year, 8 month Arnhem  5182902