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 II 1st winter or maybe heuglini. The high-based, blunt bill with a clear gonydeal angle, combined by a rounded head may favour barabensis over cachinnans. The very abraded outer lesser coverts and bleached pale brown median and greater coverts and the friendly facial expression seem to rule out heuglini, and advocate barabensis. In the central median coverts, new feathers are visible with a double barred pattern on a grey base. Fresh 2^nd generation scapulars show a plain mid grey base with a simple dark shaft streak.