Photo
5: LBBG 2cy, June 26 2001, Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands.
A second type 2cy LBBG with very white head and under-parts. New feathers are plain
grey,
very dark, indicating this is probably a first summer intermedius.
In general, this 2cy LBBG is not unlike some heuglini types seen
at Maasvlakte.
The new outer medians are dark grey, with only the shaft pronounced. There
is a 2nd generation inner median as well, with barred pattern.
The rest of the
wing-coverts are very abraded.
The scapulas are old, worn second generation and there are a few new dark
grey feathers, either recently moulted third generation or replacements for
the last juvenile feathers (then 2nd generation feathers).
The head and under-parts are remarkable white. In the tertials, #1 is growing,
#2 & #3 are missing, # 4 to #6 are still juvenile. The tail is still juvenile, except
the outer rectrices (R6), which are second generation.
In the primaries, P3 is growing, P4 is missing
and P5 is juvenile: the primary moult score is 15.
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