American Herring Gull (smithsonianus)

(last update: October 30, 2015)

Coordinators:
Amar Ayyash (US)
Bruce Mactavish (Canada)
Dave Brown (Canada)
Mars Muusse (Netherlands)

American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 846-5382x adult, February 04 2015, Madison beach, CT. Picture: Keith Mueller.

Fed band number read except for last digit.

Straightforward East Coast bird. Full band on P10 combined with obvious pale tongue on underside of P10 (about 50%). Tiny mirror on innerweb of P9. Black on P9 reaches coverts on outerweb. P8 and P7 with bayonet pattern on outerweb. P5 with almost complete W-shaped subterminal band.