glaucoides - kumlieni

(last update: January 26, 2012)

Iceland Gull (glaucoides) 3cy, January 14 2012, Peterhead, Scotland. Picture: Chris Gibbins.

Age 3cy: showing bi-coloured bill with pale base, pale amber-yellow iris, dark markings on most of the coverts and tertials.

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Bird in dark end of the spectrum: obvious vermiculated pattern on scapulars, coverts and tertials. Outer primaries P5-P7) with pale whitish tips, but like all primaries showing quite extensive grey centres. In general, not a white bird, but general tone pale greyish-brown. Still, no obvious pattern on P9-P10.