Yellow-legged
Gull michahellis adult, June 28 2003, Dannes, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
(50.44N,01.35E).
A typical adult michahellis.
Primary moult score: P7-P10 are still old, P6 has been dropped. P9 has a small
mirror; the mirror on P10 is merges with the white tip, a split black
sub-terminal band. The
tail is white, there is no black on the bill, the red spot on the bill continues
on the upper mandible, all suggesting this is
a bird in full adult plumage in the Dannes gravel pit. Note the coral red
orbital ring.
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