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, Ashkar harbour, Bahrain.

Barabensis class II 1st winter.

This is probably a female barabensis, moulting the coverts and upper tertials in the right wing. The head is clean white. The 2^nd generation scapulars are worn and show an extensive black centre. These kind of birds are just a little ahead of those very abraded class I barabensis. Here, in this individual as well, it’s obvious the old juvenile median coverts are very abraded, leaving only the whitish shaft at the tip. Second generation medians are clear examples of barred patterns. The combination of pure white head, extensive black centres in abraded scapulars and a start of moult in the medians is representative for class ii birds. Such birds were common in Bahrain.