Thayer's Gull (thayeri)

(last update: January 22, 2013)
Coordinators:
Amar Ayyash (USA)
Mars Muusse (Netherlands)

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Thayer's Gull adult, mid-January 2014, central California, US. Picture: Amar Ayyash.

Visit: Amar's blog for many more images!

Present flock of about >600 birds (170 1st cycles, 100 2nd cycles, 40 3rd cycles, 350 adults).

Purple orbital ring. Small red gonys spot on lower mandible; some black on lower mandible and cutting edge. Pink base of bill.

Speckling: 75-99% (overall grey-brown iris).

Primaries blackish. No thayeri pattern on underside of P10. Large black mark on outer web of P5.

Longer bill suggests male?