The hours of exposure
The Federcaccia Quail Project comprises several areas of study, from spring ringing to hunting diaries and bioacoustic stations. Below, we present the final data from the ringing project, which began this year from April to June at four stations located in Veneto, Marche, and Calabria. The results show a total of 550 hours of net exposure, 1142 birds ringed, and an overall capture rate of 2,07 birds ringed/hour.
Some examples
We also recovered a ringed quail in Spain at our station in the Conero Park on April 25, 2025. The quail was killed in Bellvís, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia (Barcelona), on August 30, 2025, during hunting activities. The study of this species will continue during the 2025-26 hunting season through hunting logs, for which we request your full cooperation.
The future of hunting
For any wing collection diaries and envelopes, please contact the Federcaccia Research and Studies Office at [email protected] or [email protected] . Federcaccia thanks ringers Mario Pucci, Gabriele Angeletti, Luca Sattin, and Pierfrancesco Micheloni for their work, along with UCIM for their financial commitment and research support, and Michele Merola, a collaborator of the Office, for coordinating activities. Data, publications, and a scientific approach are the future of hunting, and Federcaccia continues its commitment in this direction (Faunal and Agro-Environmental Studies and Research Office).





































