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 separated from white tip by full subterminal band, short pale tongue on P10, ending square.
P9 small mirror.
P5 with full subterminal band.
P4 with black on outerweb; 7 primaries with black.
Moult: P1 growing, P2 missing, P3-P10 old.
From this angle the iris looks pretty pale. No red on upper mandible.
