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Herring
Gull 5.352.702
(argenteus) sub-adult, September
18 2004, IJmuiden, the Netherlands (52.27N, 04.33E).
This
4cy bird resembles an adult argenteus in many respect,
but the black markings on the bill are too extensive for full adult birds.
Note the pink-based bill and dark orbital ring. The primary moult score:
P7 fully grown (over P6 tip) and P10 still old. See also NLA
5.352.700. It is a local bird and was ringed as pullus on July 02 2001 at IJmuiden,
the Netherlands (52.28N 04.35E).
From June (often mid-May in France,
Belgium and the Netherlands) to October, a complete moult will bring birds
in so-called "sub-adult winter" plumage. A new set of primaries will
grow during the summer months and by October, the old primaries are all
shed in argenteus in the Netherlands and
northern France. In most adults (!), the new primary P6 is just visible
beneath the tertials and shows a clear sub-terminal band. By
late-September, P6 and P7 are fully-grown as well. At the same time,
almost all wing-coverts have been renewed. In summer, the head is still largely white, but by
September, most birds develop extensive 'winter streaking', in sub-adults
strongly mottled brown contrasting with the white breast as in an
executioner's hood. The tertials show obvious white tips. The iris is
white-yellow with extensive speckling. The
bill has a red gonydeal spot confined to the lower mandible.
The orbital ring is yellow-orange in most argenteus, but often dark
in autumn.
September primary moult scores
in sub-adult & adult Herring Gulls at
Scheveningen.
|
. |
30.08.2000 |
01.09.2000 |
01.09.2000 |
05.09.2001 |
07.09.2000 |
18.09.2000 |
21.09.2000 |
21.09.2001 |
26.09.2001 |
30.09.2000 |
0 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
1 |
. |
3 |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
2 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
19 |
15 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
3 |
7 |
5 |
41 |
32 |
30 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
4 |
. |
. |
10 |
4 |
. |
7 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
5 |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
35 |
42 |
7 |
24 |
2 |
6 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
36 |
60 |
24 |
62 |
38 |
7 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
11 |
20 |
9 |
12 |
43 |
8 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
2 |
3 |
. |
. |
1 |
n: |
11 |
10 |
61 |
58 |
48 |
91 |
125 |
40 |
98 |
84 |
average |
2,64 |
2,40 |
3,05 |
2,64 |
2,56 |
5,63 |
5,87 |
6,05 |
5,88 |
6,51 |
Variance
(s2) |
0,25 |
0,49 |
0,38 |
0,48 |
0,38 |
0,77 |
0,58 |
0,41 |
0,36 |
0,33 |
SD
(s) |
0,50 |
0,70 |
0,62 |
0,69 |
0,62 |
0,88 |
0,76 |
0,64 |
0,60 |
0,57 |
SE
(sx) |
0,15 |
0,22 |
0,08 |
0,09 |
0,09 |
0,09 |
0,07 |
0,10 |
0,06 |
0,06 |
Notes:
30.08 - 07.09: number of remaining old primaries sub-ad and adults
(thus 1 = P10 still old).
18.09 - 30.09: number of new primaries in adults (hence 6 = P6 full
grown).
*) By September, local argenteus get company from argentatus
from Norway, which have on average lower moult scores and from argentatus
from the Baltic region, which have equal moult scores probably. |
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