Atlantic Yellow-legged Gull (atlantis)

(last update: October 12, 2011)

Atlantic YLG (atlantis) adult, February 20 2009, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote - Canary Islands. Picture: Asier Aldalur.

Adult bird, no dark markings in the centres of the greater primary coverts. Wing-tip pattern: full sub-terminal band on P10, small mirror on P9 (often lacking in atlantis), black on 7 primaries (in atlantis, often black on 7 primaries, also a black spot on outerweb of P4).

Photo: © Asier Aldalur (ARANZADI).