Steppe Gull - barabensis

(last update: 8-9-2014 )

Coordinator:
Mars Muusse (Netherlands)

barabensis 1CY July
barabensis 1CY Aug
barabensis 1CY Oct
barabensis 1CY Nov

barabensis 2CY Jan
barabensis 2CY Febr
barabensis 2CY March
barabensis 2CY July
barabensis 2CY Nov

barabensis 3CY June
barabensis 3CY Nov

barabensis sub-ad Jan
barabensis sub-ad June
barabensis sub-ad Nov

barabensis ad Jan
barabensis ad March
barabensis ad May
barabensis ad June
barabensis ad July
barabensis ad Nov
barabensis ad Dec

barabensis-type 2CY, February 27 2001, Manama harbour, Bahrain.

Barabensis class I 1st winter or maybe cachinnans. Class i, albeit relatively pale. The 2^nd generation scapulars are pale, white with a simple shaft streak and with wear in the fringes. Between the very abraded juvenile wing coverts, a few 2^nd generation central median and lesser coverts appear. These coverts are identical to the scapulars, though with a brown hue, but moulted already a few months ago. Actually, it seems there is no active moult going on. The high-based bill with an obvious gonydeal angle, the rounded head and the thumbprint in front of the eye may point to barabensis.