Bird banding in Asia: Contributions, challenges, and prospects

Liu D. Round P.D. Chen W. Zhao T. Mizuta T. Kharitonov S.P. Kim D.-W. Berdikulov B. Davaasuren B. Choi C.-Y. Li D. Moulin A. Chen L. Zhang G. Zhang Z. Jiang H.
June 2026 KeAi Communications Co.

Avian Research
2026 #17 Issue 2

Bird banding is internationally recognized as one of the most useful and cost-effective methods for avian monitoring. While widely adopted in Europe and North America—where it has played a pivotal role in collecting foundational data, significantly advancing the understanding of avian demography, migration, population dynamics, and conservation—bird banding in Asia lags considerably behind. Given Asias rich avian diversity and the severe threats the birds face, there is an urgent need to promote increased bird banding as part of a strategy to effectively conserve both resident and migratory birds and protect their habitats across the region. However, information on the overall status of bird banding in Asia remains scarce, limiting the development of future initiatives in this field. To address this gap, based on integrative methods of banding data analysis, a literature review, and a questionnaire survey across 16 major Asian countries, we delineate the history and status of bird banding across the region, and review how bird banding efforts contributed to the collection of standardized data supporting avian conservation and research. We identify the key challenges facing bird banding in Asia, with a focus on the lack of legislation and policy support, shortage of trained personnel, and incomplete bird banding network. As a response, we indicate the prospects for the future development of Asian bird banding, highlighting priorities of establishing clear and consistent protocols, training and recruiting qualified banders, building and connecting banding networks, and expanding the educational and outreach role of banding stations. We offer new insights into promoting Asian bird banding as an indispensable bird monitoring tool in the challenges of avian conservation at both the flyway and global scales. Copyright

Banding network , Migration connectivity , Population monitoring , Resighting , Standardized protocol

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State Key Laboratory of Wetland Conservation and Restoration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
Faculty of Science, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, 1870, Denmark
Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, AG, Groningen, 9747, Netherlands
Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, Chiba, 2701145, Japan
Bird Ringing Centre of Russia, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117312, Russian Federation
National Migratory Birds Center, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, 22689, South Korea
Institute of Zoology, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050060, Kazakhstan
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Wildlife Science and Conservation Center, Ulaanbaatar, 14230, Mongolia
Environmental Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, 215316, China
Division of Natural and Applied Sciences, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, 215316, China
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, National Parks Board Singapore, 718925, Singapore
The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, Hong Kong
Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

State Key Laboratory of Wetland Conservation and Restoration
Department of Biology
Faculty of Science
Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES)
Yamashina Institute for Ornithology
Bird Ringing Centre of Russia
National Migratory Birds Center
Institute of Zoology
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Wildlife Science and Conservation Center
Environmental Research Center
Division of Natural and Applied Sciences
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society
Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering

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