Thayer's Gull (thayeri)

(last update: September 08, 2013)

Coordinators:
Amar Ayyash (USA)
Mars Muusse (Netherlands)

FIGURE 3.

FROM: FIRST PREBASIC MOLT IN HERRING, THAYER'S, AND GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS
BY: STEVE N. G. HOWELL, JON R. KING & CHRIS CORBEN

IN: J. Field Ornithol., 70(4):543-554, 1999

Timing and extent of first prebasic molt of scapulars in Glaucous-winged Gulls (GWGU) wintering in central California, during 1997/1998 to 1998/1999 winters. See Figure 1 for details.
[Timing of first prebasic molt, expressed as percent area of first basic (B1) scapulars attained. 0% first basic scapulars indicates full juvenal plumage (see text). Numbers per month are 10-d periods. Numbers at top are sample sizes. Data per 10-d period are expressed as percentages of total number of birds that period.]

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