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 27 2001, Manama harbour, Bahrain.

Barabensis class II 1st winter.

Note the 2^nd generation tertials with a barred pattern. This 2cy is moulting the greater coverts. In the tail, a few new tail feathers show white tips and the sub-terminal band is not brown but almost black.