Yellow-legged
Gull- Geelpootmeeuw (L. michahellis): 2cy August
(last update: 08 december 2003)
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photo 16: Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 2cy, August 25 2000, Etaples / Boulogne-sur-Mer, NW France.
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tail has been renewed completely and the outer rectrices (R6) is still
growing. Primary P8 is fully grown, P9 has to grow a few inches and P10 is
halfway it's final length. Except the innermost one or two secondaries
which are still growing, all second generation secondaries show a neat
dark centre and a white zigzag pattern created by the neat white fringes
(most obvious in the far wing). Note the grey scapulars and the
predominantly white upper-tail coverts, contrasting with the broad
tail-band. The central upper-tail coverts show a dense variegated pattern.
The second generation inner primaries show a window, which is more obvious
in 2cy than it is in 1cy, but still not as well-defined as in argenteus
Herring Gull.