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) 1106-19489 6th cycle (6CY), October 07 2016, New Buffalo, MI. Picture: Amar Ayyash.

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#1106-19489. Banded as a flightless chick in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin on 15 June 2011. The bill is relatively small for Herring, suggesting a female type. 

Although the black W-band on P5 (right wing) is typical, the white tongue tip is not. Primaries out to P7 fully grown, and P8>P6.

P8 almost fully grown, P9 about 1/3 grown and P10 just coming out beyond the wrist. Outermost and innermost secondaries growing. Most secondaries still tucked under greater coverts.