Larus cachinnans

(last update: February 16, 2013)

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Marcin Przymencki
Albert de Jong
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cachinnans plumages

Larus cachinnans 3CY B= March & December 2013, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Bird ringed white tibia B=, ringed in winter in the Netherlands.

BELOW: Larus cachinnans 3CY B= December 18 2013, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Picture: O.J. Goreng.

Note adult-like inner and central primaries.

BELOW: Larus cachinnans 3CY B= March 15 2013, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Picture: Lars Buckx.

Only faint venetian-blind pattern visible on the inner primaries, where normally the outer webs are dark contrasting with pale grey inner webs. Grey saddle.