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| Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) Gulls, Terns and Skimmers (Laridae) | |
| dk: Middelhavssølvmåge es: Gaviota Patiamarillas | |
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2386
(1 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Adult. Only the hand gives indications of it being this species. Very much black with narrow well-defined white tips to P5-P9. P10 has the typical elongated white tip. Common in Rome. |
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2387
(1 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Adult. Weakly streaked head in winter. The strongly colored red eyering is classic for the species. Also adult birds can show a faint rest of black on the bill. |
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2388
(2 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Adult. An individual with very much black in the hand.P10 has a black subterminal band, and also a hint of black on P4. The dark spots on the bill, I think, has to do with non-breeding season rather than age-related. |
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2390
(1 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Adult. The red gonys spot is limited to the lower mandible which is normal for this species. Also here remnants of dark on the bill. |
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2391
(1 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Adult. Looks like an individual with very much white on the P10. |
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2392
(2 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Adult type. Characteristic eye ring, bill and hand. |
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2393
(3 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Adult. Almost identically to 2388, or perhaps the same bird. |
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2394
(1 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Adult. Individual with all white tip to P10, and nothing dark on P4. |
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2395
(3 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis 1cy bird. Broad well-defined black tail band with pure white tail base, strong bill and rather whitish underside with only a few dark speckles on the breast are good indications of this species. |
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2396
(7 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis 1cy bird. Strong mostly blackish bill, square head with dark around the eye, well-marked black tail band, tertials almost uniform and bright underside. A worn individual with remiges not molted yet. |
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2397
(7 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis 1cy bird. Very much like 2395, but appears shaggy as if something has happened to it. |
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2398
(1 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Adult type with stronger streaking on the head. |
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2399
(1 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Adult. Growing P10 with black subterminal band. |
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2400
(1 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Leg color on an adult bird. |
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2402
(1 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis 1cy bird. Dark tail, whitish body and dark brown underwing. |
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2403
(7 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis At first I took this bird for an abnormal individual because of the strange eye position in the first photo, but now I think it is a normal ability the gulls have, to move the two eyes independently. Also here short legs. Rather than an age characteristic I believe that the black on the bill is a winter trait, expecting that the red gonys spot is stronger in summer too. |
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2404
(1 photos)
2016-10-25 Villa di Borghese, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Adult. |
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2389
(3 photos)
2016-10-27 Forum Romano, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Another adult type with remnants of dark on the bill. |
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2401
(1 photos)
2016-10-27 Forum Romano, Rome, Italy Subspecies: michahellis Adult bird. It's alert and stretched to the limit. Still you get the feeling of rather short legs which is also a trait of this species. |
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