Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)

(last update: March 12, 2015)

Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus dominicanus) 2nd cycle, December 31 2013, Stanley, Falkland Islands. Picture: David Cook.

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Obvious sub-adult bird, with black on culmen and black in tail. Still some brown feathers intermixed in wing-covert panel. Primaries not jet-black, rather brown, 2nd gen type. Adult-like lower tertials with bold white tips.