Mew Gull Larus canus canus; heinei; kamtschatschensis; brachyrhynchus

(last update: March 12, 2012)
Coordinators:
Kjeld Tommy Pedersen (Denmark)
Chris Gibbins (Scotland)
Frank Majoor (Netherlands)
Mars Muusse (Netherlands)

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PDF's Larus canus

1cy June - August
1cy September - October
1cy November - December

2cy January - February
2cy March - April
2cy May - August
2cy September - October
2cy November - December

3cy January - February
3cy March - April
3cy May - August
3cy September - December

adult January - February
adult March - April
adult May - August
adult September - October
adult November - December

Mew Gull brachyrhynchus 2nd cycle (3CY), July 11 2012, Sitka National Historical Park, AK. Picture: Arman Moreno.

Please visit Arman's Flickr Photostream for many excellent images!

Dark iris. For this age, note the brown outer primaries, with only tiny mirror on P10 and dark centre on old tertial. Bird in complete moult, inner primaries replaced, P7-P10 old (note "P6 shadow" on P7).