glaucoides - kumlieni

(last update: January 26, 2012)

Coordinators:
Dave Brown (Canada)
Bruce Mactavish (Canada)
Chris Gibbins (Scotland)
Peter Adriaens (Belgium)
Mars Muusse (Netherlands)

Iceland Gull (kumlieni) E6 2nd - 13th cycle (3CY-14CY), February 2013 - January 2024, Quidi Vidi Lake, St. John's, Newfoundland. Picture: Lancy Cheng.

Banding data: banded as 1st cycle on February 20th, 2012 (HY=2011) IN ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, CANADA (LAT: 47.80833; LON: -52.80833)

Kumlien's Gull (kumlieni) E6 13th cycle (14CY), January 08 2024, Quidi Vidi Lake, St. John's, Newfoundland. Picture: Lancy Cheng.

Kumlien's Gull (kumlieni) E6 8th cycle (9CY), January 10 2019, Quidi Vidi Lake, St. John's, Newfoundland. Picture: Lancy Cheng.

Kumlien's Gull (kumlieni) E6 8th cycle (8CY), December 04 2018, Quidi Vidi Lake, St. John's, Newfoundland. Picture: Lancy Cheng.

Kumlien's Gull (kumlieni) E6 3rd cycle (4CY), January 21 2014, Quidi Vidi Lake, St. John's, Newfoundland. Picture: Lancy Cheng.

Age sub-adult winter. Iceland Gull with obvious grey pigmentation in the primaries. The brownish grey cast over the central greater coverts and very delicate marbling on the central tertials rpobably indicate not fully adultness in this bird.

Kumlien's Gull (kumlieni) E6 2nd cycle (3CY), February 03 2013, Quidi Vidi Lake, St. John's, Newfoundland. Picture: Lancy Cheng.

Second cycle bird with 2nd generation primaries. Few greyish scaps coming through. At this age there is often a difference between the pattern on the median coverts and central greater coverts.