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

dark type adult, June 2010, Selitba Lake, Penza Oblast, Russia (53°10'11.04"N, 46°50'9.84"E). Picture: Grzegorz Neubauer.

Adult bird, in the colony.

Phenotypics:
P10 large mirror, separated from the white tip by broad full subterminal black band. Medium pale tongue on underside of P10.
P9 no mirror. Black reaches primary coverts.
P8 black (almost) reaches primary coverts.
P5 full broad subterminal band.
P4 full band. P3 and P2 black on outerweb. Nine primaries with black.
Moult: P1-P10 old. Upperparts close to (but just slightly paler than) heuglini. Pretty heavy bill, red seems to be only on lower mandible. Yellow legs.