Gulls in central Russia
(last update: January 2015)
Grzegorz Neubauer (Poland)
Sasha Esergepov (Russia)
Gull ssp, June 10 2010, Ilinka, Cheboksarskye Vdhr (Reservoir), Chuvash Republic, Russia (56°11'00.0"N 46°47'00.0"E). Picture: Grzegorz Neubauer.
Adult bird, alarming and flying over the colony.
Phenotypics:
P10 large mirror but just separated from white tip by full subterminal band, medium pale tongue on P10, ending square.
P9 small mirror, on both webs, but diffuse at edge of outerweb.
P5 with full subterminal band.
P4 no black.
Moult: P1 growing, P2 missing, P3-P10 old.
From this angle the iris looks pretty pale, yellow. Orbital ring seems to be red. Bill seems to have no red on upper mandible. Yellow(ish) legs.
