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 24 2001, Ashkar harbour, Bahrain.

Barabensis class II 1st winter or maybe heuglini.

High-based bill, rounded head point to barabensis. This, combined with the ongoing moult in the wing coverts seems to rule out cachinnans. Primaries are bleached and the juvenile coverts show worn fringes and abraded tips. The tail is still juvenile. Old 2^nd generation scapulars and inner coverts now show a grey base, brownish upper half and a black shaft. Recently moulted feathers show an anchor pattern; the sub-terminal band running up along the fringe. Upper two tertials moulted to 2^nd generation, lower tertials dark brown, tips worn away.