Mediterranean Gull (L. melanocephalus)

(last update: 5-3-2008)

Mediterranean Gull juvenile August 08 2003, Le Portel /Boulogne-sur-Mer, France (50.42N,1.34E).

A bird in fresh juvenile plumage with atypical pale juvenile scapulars and mantle from early August. The base of the lower mandible is turning pale.