American Herring Gull (smithsonianus)

(last update: October 30, 2015)

Coordinators:
Amar Ayyash (US)
Bruce Mactavish (Canada)
Dave Brown (Canada)
Mars Muusse (Netherlands)

American Herring Gull (smithsonianus), sub-adult, February 14 2014. Lake County Fairground, Libertyville, IL. Picture: Maarten van Kleinwee.

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Bird with adult patterned primaries. Small black spots in tail and in secondaries. Also, black spots on greater primary coverts and obvious black on bill. Streaking concentrated in hindneck.