glaucoides - kumlieni

(last update: January 26, 2012)

Iceland Gull (glaucoides) 3cy, March 06 & 25 2008, Peterhead, Scotland. Picture: Chris Gibbins.

Age 3cy: showing bi-coloured bill with pale base, pale iris, dark markings on most of the undertail coverts.

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Bird in pale end of the spectrum: white outer primaries. note that the undertail coverts are in fact pretty protected feathers, showing most of the patterns, while scapulars, wing-coverts and tertials are probably much faded by March.

(above 3x: 3cy, March 06 2008, Peterhead, Scotland.

(below: 3cy, March 25 2008, Peterhead, Scotland.