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

cachinnans type adult, early June 2010, Karamyshevo Rybchoz, Chuvashia, Russia (55°52'33.0"N 48°04'05.0"E). Picture: Grzegorz Neubauer.

Alarming adult over the colony. Darkness of upperparts approaches heuglini. Also much black and less white in wingtip.

Phenotypics:
P10 large mirror, broken subterminal black band (small spots). Medial black band is thinner than mirror+tip. Long white tongue on P10.
P9 medium mirror on both webs, reaching both edges. Full subterminal band.
P5 full subterminal band.
P4 no black?
Moult: P1 missing, P2-P10 old. No red on upper mandible. Peppered iris. Legs seem to show a pinkish cast.