Target species:

• all species weighing more than 50 grams,
  in particular, species that are often found in the vicinity of humans

Key advantages:

• solar-powered
• lifespan of several years
• small size and lightweight
• fully waterproof
• available in ring/flag form for many species
• no external antennas
• Users can view the latest location and also access historical location data collected via the INTERING network.
• priced at the level of several dozen colored rings, while offering several thousand times more location data

 

 

 

INTAGs operate in an entirely new way. Equipped with an ultra-low-power Bluetooth communication module, they intelligently connect with nearby devices such as smartphones and other receivers carried by random people. These connected devices remotely share their own locations, allowing the bird’s position to be estimated automatically.

What makes this technology revolutionary is its simplicity. The location obtained is technically the position of the connected device rather than the bird itself. Since the maximum Bluetooth range is approximately 150–200 meters, the positioning accuracy is comparable to (and often better than) traditional visual readings of bird rings in the field.

INTAGs are therefore not “loggers” in the conventional sense. They are remotely detectable electronic beacons =  digital rings or flags that open entirely new possibilities for ornithological research and wildlife monitoring.

Because the system relies primarily on smartphones carried by people, the concept resembles traditional bird ring recovery: the more people encounter the bird, the more location reports become available. The difference is that with INTAGs, everything happens automatically. Detections are recorded instantly, transmitted digitally, and completely eliminate the reading errors that sometimes occur during manual ring observations.

The result is a dramatic increase in recovery data. Depending on the species, INTERING technology can generate hundreds or even thousands of times more reports than traditional color rings.

INTERING represents the next generation of bird monitoring: cheap, lightweight, scalable, automatic, and built for the future of wildlife research.

 

 

     

EXISTING SUB-MODELS

	Name	Weight	Inner diameter	Price (EUR)
	Backpack	1.5 g	N/A	27
	Leg flag	2.0 – 2.2 g	5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0 mm	271 / 352
	Ring-small	2 – 3 g	6, 7, 8, 9 mm	29
	Ring-medium	3 – 5 g	10, 11.5, 12, 14 mm – larger sizes available upon request	29
	Ring-large	10 – 15 g	18, 20 mm – larger sizes available upon request	271 / 352
1 – without code
2 – with alphanumerical code

 

DATA PRICING (EUR)

Yearly data fees  for max one position per day	Additional data fees per one position1
32.85	0,09
1 – Data collection can be limited to maximum:  2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 position per day

 

EXAMPLES:

Caspian Gulls wearing INTAGs generate dozens of locations each day. This individual, which was moving around quite actively, was located 196 times over a 5-day period:

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A Starling feeding its fledglings, moving through suburban areas over a 7-day period: