LOST PIGEON
REFERENCE
WHAT ARE THE
LETTERS BEFORE THE YEAR ON THE BAND?
Click here if the letters before
the year are ‘AU’
Click here if the
letters before the year are ‘IF’
Click
here if the letters before the year are ‘NPA’
Also, here is the contact
information for various organizations that provide pigeon leg bands
NPA = NATIONAL PIGEON
ASSOCIATION. Contact NPA Secretary at secretary@npausa.com
IF = INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
ORG.www.ifpigeon.com
AU = AMERICAN RACING PIGEON UNION
ORGANIZATION www.pigeon.org
CU = CANADIAN PIGEON UNION www.canadianracingpigeonunion.com
IPB = INDEPENDENT PIGEON BREEDERS www.foyspigeonsupplies.com
NBRC = NATIONAL BIRMINGHAM ROLLER
CLUB www.nbrconline.com
Understanding how to
read a pigeon band
The American Racing
Pigeon Union registered bands have a specific format.
Once you understand how to read the band number, you will find it
easy to locate the club that issued the band on our Band List page. Make sure
to visit our page on How to Care for a Lost Pigeon.
Band numbers are in a
series of letters & numbers as shown below.
EXAMPLE= the band may
read-->AU 99 ABC 1234
(1)
- AU - is the national
organization that has registered the bird, in this case the
American Racing Pigeon Union, Inc. The band can also
have IF, CU, ATB, NBRC, or IPB in this position.
(2) - 99 - is the year
the bird was hatched and banded/registered.
(3) - ABC - is a letters
representing the pigeon club the band is registered to
(no two clubs
have the same registration letters - and they have one, two or three letters).
(4) - 1234 - A one-up
number unique to each pigeon based on the club letters. Now that you understand
how to read the
band, you can go back to our band list to find the club that the bird you found
belongs to.
NOTE: (PERSONALIZED
BANDS) Sometimes the band may just have the owners name, phone and/or address
on it that you may call or write them.
To help make finding the owner of a lost pigeon easier please use
the following example.
Example Band Code: AU 2003 AVI 3234534
|
AU = American Racing Pigeon Union |
. |
If the band has
different letters than AU, it may be another organization.
If the band has the letters
CU. you can find their band list at http://www.canadianracingpigeonunion.com/
If the band has the
letters IF. you can find their band list at http://www.ifpigeon.com/
If
the band has the letters NPA. you can contact them at http://www.npausa.com/
If
the band has the letters IPB. you can contact them at foyspigeon@zoominternet.net ,
or their store at 877-355-7727
NBRC - www.nbrconline.com
If the band has the letters
ADA, please contact the American Dove Association (ADA secretary, Denny Stapp) atsecretary@doveline.com
If the band does not
have an AU , or one of the above mentioned organization letters on it, send us
an email .We will do our best to help you find the owner of the bird. If the
bird has no band at all, It is a wild pigeon.....
Contact your Local Human Society.
Thank you for taking the
time to care for lost pigeons.