Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

(last update: July 12, 2015)

Coordinators:
Jean-Michel Sauvage (France)
Morten Helberg (Norway)
Nils Helge Lorentzen (Norway)
Mars Muusse (Netherlands)

Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus adult, February 18 2004, IJmuiden, the Netherlands (52.27N,04.33E). 

Pale iris and black on P4-P10. Some adults show a faint black sub-terminal ring on the bill, but here the bill is four coloured. Note that the primary coverts and all other feather tracts are typical adult.