Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)(last update: March 12, 2015) |
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Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus dominicanus) 3rd cycle, August 09 2010, Los Lagos Region, Chile. Picture: Niccolo Cantarutti.See: Niccolo's Flickr pages! Obvious sub-adult bird, with pink bill and broad band on bill. Still some brown feathers intermixed in wing-covert panel. Pale iris. Last stage of complete moult, moulting into 3rd basic plumage: P9 fully grown, P10 almost fully grown. Adult-like secondaries with bold white tips. |