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 28 2001, Manama harbour, Bahrain.

Barabensis 1st winter or heuglini.

A rather white-headed 1^st winter, with intense streaking in the neck, creating a collar. The lower scapulars have strong diamond-shaped centres and a broad white fringe. Pattern on the fresh inner median and lesser coverts is club-like. The 2^nd generation inner greater coverts are plain with a dark shaft. As can be seen in the upper lower scapulars, the grey tone is rather dark, maybe best fitting 1^st winter heuglini. Also, the rather warm brown old wing coverts may fit heuglini. Nevertheless, the general structure (e.g. rounded head, friendly look, thumbprint in front of the eye, the very white-headed appearance) may suggest barabensis, although smaller Archangelsk type heuglini is hard to exclude.