Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Coordinators:
Jean-Michel Sauvage (France)
Mars Muusse (the Netherlands)

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Herring Gull plumages:

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Herring Gull argentatus C5N03 2CY, April - September 2007, Tampere dump, Finland. Picture: Visa Rauste.

Finnish yellow ring, pullus from 2006. Overview of the complete moult in summer months.

below: argentatus C5N03 2CY, April 22 2007, Tampere dump, Finland. Picture: Visa Rauste.

Scaps replaced. Coverts and tertials juvenile.

below: argentatus C5N03 2CY, May 15 2007, Tampere dump, Finland. Picture: Visa Rauste.

Complete moult started. Missing outer MC and innermost MC1. Old tail.

below: argentatus C5N03 2CY, July 15 2007, Tampere dump, Finland. Picture: Visa Rauste.

Complete moult in wing-coverts almost ready, with few old jeuvnile coverts in carpal edge and still a moult gap in central GC. Upper TT replaced, lower TT juvenile. P6 fully grown, P9-P10 old juvenile.

below: argentatus C5N03 2CY, July 29 2007, Tampere dump, Finland. Picture: Visa Rauste.

P10 old. Upper TT and inner coverts already worn at fringes, 2nd gen. Growing rectrices.

below: argentatus C5N03 2CY, August 19 2007, Tampere dump, Finland. Picture: Visa Rauste.

P8 > P7. No old prims. Note start of partial autumn moult: inner GC missing, upper TT missing.

below: argentatus C5N03 2CY, August 26 2007, Tampere dump, Finland. Picture: Visa Rauste.

P8 fully grown. Partial moult in full swing, for the second time this year the inner LLC and many of the MC are shed again. Also missing upper TT.

below: argentatus C5N03 2CY, September 02 2007, Tampere dump, Finland. Picture: Visa Rauste.

The complete MC row will be renewed to 3rd gen.

In the right wing, few central MC retained.