Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)(last update: March 12, 2015) |
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Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus dominicanus) 1st cycle, March 18 2012, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Picture: Claudio Dias Timm.See: Claudio's Flickr photo's! Bird in 1st pre-basic moult (post-juvenile moult into 1st basic plumage). Flight feathers remain juvenile, but a number of coverts and tertials will be replaced. In this bird, almost all inner wing-coverts are included, and upper tertials are growing. Moult process stillnot finished. |