Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii & intermedius)
(last update: June 25, 2012)
lbbg 1cy May
lbbg 1cy June
lbbg 1cy July
lbbg 1cy August
lbbg 1cy September
lbbg 1cy October
lbbg 1cy November
lbbg 1cy December
lbbg 2cy January
lbbg 2cy February
lbbg 2cy Mar-April
lbbg 2cy May
lbbg 2cy June
lbbg 2cy July
lbbg 2cy August
lbbg 2cy September
lbbg 2cy October
lbbg 2cy Nov - Dec
lbbg 3cy Jan-April
lbbg 3cy May
lbbg 3cy June
lbbg 3cy July
lbbg 3cy August
lbbg 3cy September
lbbg 3cy October
lbbg 3cy Nov - Dec
lbbg sub-ad Jan-April
lbbg sub-ad May
lbbg sub-ad June
lbbg sub-ad July
lbbg sub-ad Aug
lbbg sub-ad Sept
lbbg sub-ad Oct
lbbg sub-ad Nov
lbbg sub-ad Dec
lbbg adult January
lbbg adult February
lbbg adult March
lbbg adult April
lbbg adult May
lbbg adult June
lbbg adult July
lbbg adult August
lbbg adult September
lbbg adult October
lbbg adult Nov - Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii) 4cy K.LAX July 25 2010, Kelderhuispolder - Texel, the Netherlands. Picture: Maarten van Kleinwee.
Ringed as pullus on July 16 2007 at Kelderhuispolder - Texel, The Netherlands. Sex: unknown.
below: 4cy K.LAX July 25 2010, Kelderhuispolder - Texel, the Netherlands. Picture: Maarten van Kleinwee.
Almost inseparable from adults by its adult-looking mantle and wing coverts. Only with unfolded wing could some brown immature feathers be seen. (Compare with this more regular looking 4th-calendar year individual.) Note small mirror, when compared to 6cy plumage below.
below: 5cy K.LAX June 24 2011, Kelderhuispolder - Texel, the Netherlands. Picture: Maarten van Kleinwee.
below: 6cy KLAX October 21 2012, Landfill VRSU de Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain. Picture: Delfín González.
P7/P10.
