![]() (2 images) LBBG intermedius 4238977, Westkapelle, the Netherlands, October 11 2003. Ringed in N Germany, island Helgoland: a
3cy LBBG 'Dutch intergrade' / intermedius metal ringed right
Helgoland 4238977. P8 is fully grown and P9 is at the length of P6. The rectrices
have been replaced for largely white new feathers. The outer secondaries are
typical third generation: in general adult-like but with obvious dark,
blackish centres, visible in the bottom image. The bill is
pale-yellow, with the
red gonydeal spot almost completely obscured by the broad black bill-band. The iris is white-yellow, without
obvious speckling. The
orbital ring is very dark red. |
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