Yellow-legged
Gull michahellis adult, June 28 2003, Etaples, France
(50.44N,01.35E).
A typical adult michahellis.
Primary moult score 9: P1 fully grown, P2 at 1/2 of the length and P3 missing.
P4-P10 are still old. P5 has a complete black sub-terminal band. P9 has no
mirror; the mirror on P10 is separated from the white tip by a black band. The
tail is white, there is no black on the bill, the red spot on the bill continues
on the upper mandible and the under-wing primary coverts are plain white, hence
a bird in full adult plumage.
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