Gulls in central Russia

(last update: January 2015)

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Locations
1. Bolshoye Boloto
2. Sitniki
3. Cheboksarskye Vdhr
4. Karamyshevo Rybchoz
5. Obalykol Lake
6. Selitba Lake

Ringing project

Recoveries

cachinnans type adult, June 01 2010, Karamyshevo Rybchoz, Chuvashia, Russia (55°52'33.0"N 48°04'05.0"E). Picture: Grzegorz Neubauer.

Adult bird, found death in the colony.

Phenotypics:
P10 large mirror, completely merged with white tip. No subterminal black. Medial black band is thinner than mirror+tip. Long white tongue on P10 with abrupt rectangular end. In short: classic Western cachinnans (ponticus) P10 pattern.
P9 medium mirror on both webs, reaching both edges. Full subterminal band.