Gulls in central Russia

(last update: January 2015)

Coordinator:
Grzegorz Neubauer (Poland)
Sasha Esergepov (Russia)

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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 mirror merged with white tip, long pale tongue on P10, not ending square but medial band thinner than "tip+mirror".
P9 mirror on both webs.
P5 with full subterminal band.
P4 no black spot.
Moult: P1 growing, P2-P3 missing, P4-P10 old.
From this angle the iris looks all dark. Yellow(ish) legs.