glaucoides - kumlieni

(last update: January 26, 2012)
Coordinators:
Dave Brown (Canada)
Bruce Mactavish (Canada)
Chris Gibbins (Scotland)
Peter Adriaens (Belgium)
Mars Muusse (Netherlands)

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Iris classification
Primary classification

1cy Aug - Dec

2cy January
2cy February
2cy Mar - Apr
2cy summer
2cy Sept - Dec

3cy January
3cy February
3cy Mar - Apr
3cy summer
3cy Sept - Dec

sub-ad Jan - Apr
sub-ad summer
sub-ad Sept - Dec

adult January
adult February
adult Mar - Apr
adult summer
adult Sept - Dec

Kumlien's Gull (kumlieni) 2nd cycle (3CY), January 10 2012, Klaksvík, Faroes. Picture: Silas Olofson.

Age 2nd winter: showing band on bill, patterned 2nd generation coverts, patterned rump, rounded 2nd generation primaries and already paler iris.

Primary category: --

Primaries pale, but not whitish, with greyish centre. Outer primaries with contrastingly darker outer-webs (outer-webs of inner primaries paler than on outer primaries) and note dark 'hook-back' on primary tips.