Larus cachinnans

(last update: February 16, 2013)

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Greg Neubauer
Marcin Przymencki
Albert de Jong
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cachinnans plumages

Larus michahellis 3cy, March 26 2012, Rome, Italy. Picture: Hart Walter.

By early spring, 3CY Yellow-legged Gulls become extremely clean and bright; compared with the cachinnans in plates 70 & 71, note the bright yellow bill / yellow-toned legs and
the strongly notched coverts. The eye is clearly rather pale.