Larus cachinnans

(last update: February 16, 2013)

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Marcin Przymencki
Albert de Jong
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Larus cachinnans 1P32 adult, May 15 2013 & June 10 2014, Wytyckie Lake - Urszulin, Poland. Picture: Łukasz Bednarz ringing team.

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For 2012, breeding location of 150 pairs cachinnans, of which 54 adults ringed and 158 pulli in 2012 (pers comm. Łukasz Bednarz).

below: Larus cachinnans 1P32 adult, May 15 2013, Wytyckie Lake - Urszulin, Poland. Picture: Łukasz Bednarz ringing team.

Breeding bird trapped at the nest. Adult, with dense speckling in iris. Red orbital ring and gape. No red on upper mandible; no black on the upper and no black on the lower mandible. Yellow legs.
Deep white tongue on P10, and broken black band on P5; no black spot on P4. P1 still present; PMS=0.

below: Larus cachinnans 1P32 adult, June 10 2014, Wytyckie Lake - Urszulin, Poland. Picture: Łukasz Bednarz ringing team.

P1 still present by June 10th!