Yellow-legged Gull lusitanius 2cy ZNAN February 15 2004, Praia de Cariño, Cariño, Galicia, Spain. Picture: Antonio Gutiérrez.
2cy bird (1st winter) by February, but still several juvenile scapulars in the lowest row. Such a late date with juvenile scpas is highlky unlikely in Medterannean birds, which by now have many 3rd gen scpaulars in the upper region. No surprise there are hardly any 2nd gen wing-coverts, although at least one inner llc has been replaced in the right wing.
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