Gulls in central Russia
(last update: January 2015)
Grzegorz Neubauer (Poland)
Sasha Esergepov (Russia)
Heuglini type adult, June 2008, Bolshoye Boloto, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia (56°30'17.0"N 42°16'00.0"E). Picture: Grzegorz Neubauer.
Adult heuglini type. P1-P2 missing/growing.
Bird in the colony, hard to believe this taxon will breed so far south of the know areal? Still showing obvious heuglini traits:
- small mirror only on P10, no mirror on P9.
- black down to P4, 7 primaries with black.
- black reaches primary coverts on P8-P10.
- dark slate grey upperparts.
