NanoTags (Coded VHF) for birds and bats

Coded signals
Employing Lotek’s unique coded transmitter technology, these tags allow you to track and identify hundreds of individuals on a single frequency. This reduces the probability of missing individuals due to listening on a different frequency. Designed for use with Lotek digitally encoded receivers, such as the SRX 1200.

Infrared activation and deactivation
Eliminates need for magnet removal or attachment during field sessions.

Long life
NTQB2s allow you to track for even longer than previous versions with the possibility to track for a year with a sub-gram tag.

Programmable
A variety of options available to extend operational life with on/off cycles.

Great for:

• Flyway Studies – automated logging of birds or bats flying through area
• Migration Stopover Ecology – record when your tagged animals are present
• Colony Nesting Studies – log all parental feeding visits automatically
• Flight Searches – save time while searching by only listening to one frequency
• Bat Roost Behaviour – detect Bats leaving and returning to a roost

Avian NanoTag-series transmitters are ideally suited for studies involving passerines, bats, water birds and other species that require small, long-life transmitters and the ability to detect multiple individuals occupying the same area.

The most common use of Avian NanoTags is studying migration and stopover ecology using the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, which has led to some exciting discoveries about the timing of migration, the speed birds migrate and the routes they take.

Other more localised studies include recording presence absence at roosting sites, recording feeding events at seabird colonies and looking at social networks by seeing who is visiting the same site at the same time. There are many other possible studies when you want to know when an animal is at a particular site.

Dragonflies with tiny fanny packs show migration patterns in new study

Hidden Long-Distance Movements by a Migratory Bird

Credit to Nathan W. Cooper and Peter P. Marra

1. Stated weight may vary by ±5% for standard packaging. Antenna or harness tube selections will increase size and weight.
Contact Lotek for more information

Features and specifications subject to change without notice.

For tags weighing less than 0.26g, please contact one of our Telemetry Specialists about our NanoPin.

Technical specifications:
Operating temperature: 0˚C – +35˚C
Coded tags require receivers that can decode the signals to tell you which individual has been detected.
They are best used with our SRX receivers:
SRX 1200-D: Suitably robust to be left in the field for long periods
SRX 1200-MD: Appropriate for manual tracking of tags as well as for a logging station

Here you’ll find product resources including software applications, manuals, quick-start guides and spec sheets. For any questions, please contact us.

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