Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis

(last update: October 08 2013)

Coordinators:
Delfín González
Gabriel Martín
Antonio Gutierrez
Amir Ben Dov
Mars Muusse

Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 2CY, August 25 2000, Etaples / Boulogne-sur-Mer, NW France.

The tail has been renewed completely, primary P8 is fully grown, P9 has to grow a few inches and P10 is halfway it's final length. Except the innermost secondaries which are still growing, all second generation secondaries show a neat dark centre. Note the grey scapulars and the white upper-tail coverts, contrasting with the broad tail-band. The second generation inner primaries show a window, which is more obvious in 2CY than it is in 1CY, but still not as well-defined as in argenteus Herring Gull.