The
patterned fresh coverts create a "less advanced moult
stage" in this individual, compared to the one in the previous
picture. Nevertheless, the actual moult stage is pretty much
the same: the outer median coverts have been replaced recently and
in the central lesser coverts a few grown-grey based feathers can be
found. Still, these feathers have sub-teminal brown patterns and
don't appear adult-like at all.
The head and under-parts have been
moulted. Primary P10 is fully grown,
resulting in a primary moult score (PMS) of 50. See Gull
Topography for explanation of PMS.
The old coverts and tertials show a contrast between the black-brown
centres and the white fringes and tips.
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