Gulls in central Russia

(last update: January 2015)

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Locations
1. Bolshoye Boloto
2. Sitniki
3. Cheboksarskye Vdhr
4. Karamyshevo Rybchoz
5. Obalykol Lake
6. Selitba Lake

Ringing project

Recoveries

Gull ssp adult, June 2008, Bolshoye Boloto, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia (56°30'17.0"N 42°16'00.0"E). Picture: Grzegorz Neubauer.

Characteristics:
- obvious gonys angle, red on both mandibles, clean yellow iris, red orbital ring.
- long tongue on P10, not ending rectangular but rather wedge shaped.
- pale grey upperparts.
- full subterminal band on P10. No mirror on P9.