Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)

(last update: March 12, 2015)

Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus veltula) 1st cycle, July 25 2007, South Africa. Picture: Graham Ekins.

African taxon vetula. Some resemblance to Lesser Black-backed Gull. Note timing of complete moult in S Hemisphere gulls: by July still no sign of complete moult (birds only 1/2 year old now) and just finished the post-juvenile moult, including inner GC, inner MC, inner LLC and upper TT. Lesser Black-backed Gull intermedius and definitely graellsii would be in active complete moult.