Steppe Gull - barabensis

(last update: 8-9-2014 )

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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 28 2001, Manama harbour, Bahrain.

Barabensis class II 1st winter. The very clean white head (although somewhat overexposed in the image), friendly look and pale grey fresh coverts and scapulars seem to rule out heuglini. For cachinnans, the head may be too rounded and the crown too peaked. In general, the impression is this one being a barabensis.